If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason’s and Dixon’s, but between patriotism and intelligence on one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other.

Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) American military leader, US President (1869–77)

Speech (1875-09-25), Address to the Army of the Tennessee, Annual Reunion, Des Moines, Iowa
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Speaking in favor of free, public, non-sectarian schools.