Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

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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 and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.

Ulysses S. Grant

Ambition, Ignorance, Lines

Speech to the Society of the Army of Tennessee, archive.org. 1875.

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In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

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Time, War, Patriotic

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.

Ulysses S. Grant

Matter, Critics, Knows

Ulysses S. Grant (2007). “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.60, Cosimo, Inc.

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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

War, Party, Two

Ulysses S. Grant, John Y. Simon (1969). “The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: April to September, 1861”, p.7, SIU Press

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Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

Ulysses S. Grant

Odor, Cigar, Politician

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... anything is better than indecision. We must decide. If I am wrong, we shall soon find out and can do the other thing. But not to decide wastes both time and money and may ruin everything.

Ulysses S. Grant

May, Waste, Ruins

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Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for all men, irrespective of nationality, color, or religion;.... leave the matter of religious teaching to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contribution. Keep church and state forever separate.

Ulysses S. Grant

Religious, Teaching, School

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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

Bible, Christian, Writing

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I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.

Ulysses S. Grant

Believe, Long, People

Ulysses S. Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Stephen Crane, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Modern Library Civil War Bookshelf 5-Book Bundle: Personal Memoirs, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Red Badge of Courage, Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings, The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.725, Modern Library

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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

Art, Peace, Military

Statement to John Hill Brinton at the start of his Tennessee River Campaign, early 1862. "Personal Memoirs of John H. Brinton, Major and Surgeon U.S.V., 1861-1865". Book by John H. Brinton, p. 239, 1914.

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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

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Motivational, Friendship, Positive

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As soon as slavery fired upon the flag it was felt, we all felt, even those who did not object to slaves, that slavery must be destroyed. We felt that it was a stain to the Union that men should be bought and sold like cattle.

Ulysses S. Grant

Men, Flags, Slavery

Said to Otto von Bismarck in June 1878. " Around the World with General Grant". Book by John Russell Young. Volume 7, p. 416, www.granthomepage.com. 1879.

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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

Military, War, Mean

Speech in London. "Memorial Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant". Book edited by y Stephen Merrill Allen, p. 95, 1889.

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The will of the people is the best law.

Ulysses S. Grant

Law, People

"The Lonely Quest: The Evolution of Presidential Leadership". Book by Robert Rienow and Leona Train Rienow, p. 209., 1966.

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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

Ulysses S. Grant

Peace, War, Individual

Ulysses S. Grant (2007). “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.

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The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of oppression, if they are strong enough, whether by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable.

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Strong, Patriotic, Government

"Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant". Book by Ulysses S. Grant. Chapter 16, www.gutenberg.org. 1885.

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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

Ulysses S. Grant

Military, War, Fiction

Ulysses S. Grant (1990). “The Personal Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.398, Jazzybee Verlag

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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

War, Thinking, History

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God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.

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Fighting, Liberty

Toast before the Vicksburg Campaign on February 22, 1863. "A Popular and Authentic Life of Ulysses S. Grant". Book by Edward Deering Mansfield, 1868.

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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

4th Of July, Patriotic, Blessing

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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

Thinking, Suffering, Three

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Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

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Bible, Book, Civilization

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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One of my superstitions had always been when I started to go anywhere or do anything, not to turn back, or stop until the thing intended was accomplished. I have frequently started to go places where I had never been and to which I did not know the way, depending upon making inquiries on the road, and if I got past the place without knowing it, instead of turning back, I would go until a road was found turning in the right direction, take that, and come in by the other side.

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Past, Knowing, Inquiry

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A hero does for others. He would do anything for people he loves, because he knows it would make their lives better. I am not that kind of person, but I want you to be. You could give something to her, to me, to those children in the quarter. You could give something I never could ... The white people out there are saying you don't have it-that you're a hog, not a man. But I know they are wrong.

Ulysses S. Grant

Children, Hero, Love Is

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The great bulk of the legal voters of the South were men who owned no slaves; their homes were generally in the hills and poor country; their facilities for educating their children, even up to the point of reading and writing, were very limited; their interest in the contest was very meagre--what there was, if they had been capable of seeing it, was with the North; they too needed emancipation.

Ulysses S. Grant

Country, Children, Reading

Ulysses S. Grant (2007). “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.81, Cosimo, Inc.

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Born: April 27, 1822
Died: July 23, 1885
Occupation: 18th U.S. President
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