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Ulysses S. Grant: “How will such officials be likely to serve an Administration which they know does not trust them?”

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How will such officials be likely to serve an Administration which they know does not trust them?
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Ulysses S. Grant
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Grant questions the trustworthiness of officials in an administration that does not show them confidence.

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