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Ulysses S. Grant: “It has been the endeavor of the Administration to execute the neutrality laws in good faith, no matter how unpleasant…”

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It has been the endeavor of the Administration to execute the neutrality laws in good faith, no matter how unpleasant the task, made so by the sufferings we have endured from lack of like good faith toward us by other nations.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Grant acknowledges the challenges of enforcing neutrality laws while facing international pressures.

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