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England and the United States are natural allies, and should be the best of friends.
— Ulysses S. Grant
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.
— Ulysses S. Grant
The will of the people is the best law.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before.
— Marianne Williamson
There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.
— Ulysses S. Grant
My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Venice would be a fine city if it were only drained.
— Ulysses S. Grant
My judgment now is that he was vacillating and undecided in his actions.
— Ulysses S. Grant
If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided ... No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Let us have peace.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.
— Ulysses S. Grant
It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.
— Ulysses S. Grant
The theory of government changes with general progress.
— Ulysses S. Grant
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
— Ulysses S. Grant
On several occasions during the war he came to the relief of the Union army by means of his SUPERIOR MILITARY GENIUS.
— Ulysses S. Grant
In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home
— Ulysses S. Grant
No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I suppose this work is part of the devil that is in us all.
— Ulysses S. Grant
God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.
— Ulysses S. Grant
The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Quit thinking about what Bobby Lee's gonna do to us and start thinking about what we're going to do to him.
— Ulysses S. Grant
The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered.
— Ulysses S. Grant
He preferred yielding his own wish to gratify others, rather than to insist upon having his own way.
— Ulysses S. Grant
To maintain peace in the future it is necessary to be prepared for war.
— Ulysses S. Grant
The problem for us was to move forward to a decisive victory, or our cause was lost.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
— Ulysses S. Grant
The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I will raid the arsenal and start a war to end slavery.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I have never advocated war except as a mean of peace
— Ulysses S. Grant
There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
— Ulysses S. Grant
We're teachers, and we have a commitment." "Commitment to what-to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people?
— Ulysses S. Grant
Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.
— Ulysses S. Grant
There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party.
— Ulysses S. Grant
There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Ah, you know my weaknessesmy children and my horses. — Ulysses S. Grant
Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Nothing could be more dishonorable than to accept high rank and command in war and then betray the trust.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.
— Ulysses S. Grant
A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect,
— Ulysses S. Grant
War is progressive because all instruments of war are progressive.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.
— Ulysses S. Grant
My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral
— Ulysses S. Grant
Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I'm afraid I'm elected.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I will not move my army without onions.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I knew the enemy were ready to break and only wanted a little encouragement from us to go quickly and join their friends who had started earlier.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I know only two tunes. One of them is 'Yankee Doodle' the other isn't.
— Ulysses S. Grant
The fact is I think I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun. A verb is anything that signifies to be; to do; or to suffer. I signify all three.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly
— Ulysses S. Grant
You can violate the law. The banks may violate the law and be sustained in doing so. But the President of the United States cannot violate the law.
— Ulysses S. Grant
His presence soon restored confidence.
— Ulysses S. Grant
It will be all right if it turns out all right.
— Ulysses S. Grant
Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I would rather go to bed with Lillian Russell stark naked than Ulysses S Grant in full military regalia.
— Mark Twain
No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
— Ulysses S. Grant
In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten then he who continues the attack wins.
— Ulysses S. Grant
I felt that 15,000 men on the 8th would be more effective than 50,000 a month later.
— Ulysses S. Grant
But for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him.
— Ulysses S. Grant
If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
— Ulysses S. Grant
