Ulysses S. Grant Quotes - Page 4

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• I suppose this work is part of the devil that is in us all.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  War, History, Devil

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• Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  War, Had Enough, Shows

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• 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

  Trust, Men, Long

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

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• 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

  Book, Home, Growing

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• Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Military, Civil War, Enemy

  Ulysses S. Grant (1998). “Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Volume 2 of 2”, p.318, Digital Scanning Inc

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• I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Church, Taxation, Corporations

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• Ah, you know my weaknesses--my children and my horses.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Horse, Children, Weakness

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• I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Desire, My Friends, Good Will

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• The theory of government changes with general progress.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Government, Progress, Theory

  Ulysses Simpson Grant, John Y. Simon, Aaron M. Lisec (2000). “The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: 1873”, p.61, SIU Press

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• In 1856...I preferred the success of a candidate whose election would prevent or postpone secession, to seeing the country plunged into a war the end of which no man could foretell. With a Democrat elected by the unanimous vote of the Slave States, there could be no pretext for secession for four years.... I therefore voted for James Buchanan as President.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Country, War, Men

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• The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know, with almost superhuman abilities. A large part of the National army, for instance, and most of the press of the country, clothed General Lee with just such qualities, but I had known him personally, and knew that he was mortal; and it was just as well that I felt this.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Country, Army, People

  Ulysses S. Grant (1990). “Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters: Library of America #50”, p.129, Library of America

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• I will raid the arsenal and start a war to end slavery.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  War, Slavery, Ends

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• I feel that we are on the eve of a new era, when there is to be great harmony between the Federal and Confederate. I cannot stay to be a living witness to the correctness of this prophecy; but I feel it within me that it is to be so.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Eras, Harmony, Confederate

  Ulysses S. Grant (2007). “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.462, Cosimo, Inc.

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• ...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

  War, Order, Soldier

  Ulysses Simpson Grant, John Y. Simon (1974). “The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: April 1-August 31, 1862”, p.146, SIU Press

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• My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Family, Book, Generations

  General Ulysses S. Grant (2013). “The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant [Illustrated – 2 volumes in one]”, p.29, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Summer, Military, Fighting

  Dispatch from Spotsylvania (Va.) Court House, 11 May 1864.

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• The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and went to a farm I was happy. When the rebellion came, I returned to the service because it was a duty. I had no thought of rank; all I did was try and make.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Military, Army, Agriculture

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• I would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Church, Taxation, Corporations

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• Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Presidential, Forever, Church

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• War is progressive because all instruments of war are progressive.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  War, Progressive, Instruments

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• 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

  Country, Appreciate, Receiving

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

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• 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

  Cynical, Moments, Should

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• The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Character, Long, President

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• 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

  Teacher, Commitment, People

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• I read the story and reread the story, but I still could not find the universality that the little Irishman had spoken of. All I saw in the story was some Irishmen meeting in a room and talking politics. What had that to do with America, especially with my people? It was not until years later that I saw what he meant ... I began to listen, to listen closely to how they talked about their heroes, to how they talked about the dead and how great the dead had once been. I heard it everywhere.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Hero, Talking, Years

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