It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for a — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for a — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for a — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for a — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for a — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
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It is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for all who are to come after them, and under unforeseen contingencies.

— Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
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