...president's veto. Grant asserted that he would express his views to Congress and veto legislation if need be, "but all laws will be faithfully executed, whether they meet my approval or not." Noting that the country had "just emerged from a great rebellion," he announced that "the greatest...

...pulpit to gain popular support for his policies. Instead, Grant believed that the President should "on all subjects have a policy to recommend, but none to enforce against the will of the people." Unfortunately, on the subject of racial equality, the United States was a deeply divided nation. The...

...Congress, and when I think it advisable, will exercise the constitutional privilege of interposing a veto. But all laws will be faithfully executed whether they meet my approval or not." Grant pledged himself to protect citizens, their property, and their political opinions "in every part...

...its duties untrammeled." With the political friction of the Johnson years in mind, he announced that "all laws will be faithfully executed, whether they meet my approval or not"; the new president assured listeners that he would "on all subjects have a policy to recommend, but...

...said Grant in his inaugural address, "has come to me unsought; I commence its duties untrammeled. ... I shall on all subjects have a policy to recommend,...but none to enforce against the will of the people." He advocated prompt payment of the nation's war debt of $400,000,000, sounder national credit, a fairer...

...express my views to Congress and urge them according to my judgment, and when I think it advisable will exercise the constitutional privilege of interposing...people. Laws are to govern all alike — those opposed as well as those who favor them. I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so...