Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods.
(1822 - 1885)
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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.
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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.
[Accomplished]
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God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.
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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. 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. "Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people."
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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.
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I ask patient forbearance one toward another throughout the land, and a determined effort on the part of every citizen to do his share toward cementing a happy union; and I ask the prayers of the nation to Almighty God in behalf of this consummation.
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I did not ask for place or position, and was entirely without influence or the acquaintance of persons of influence, but was resolved to perform my part in a struggle threatening the very existence of the nation.
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I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
[War]
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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.
[Being]
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I have never advocated war, except as a means of peace.
[Peace]
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I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
[Law]
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I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle," and the other isn't.
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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all Summer.
[Resolution]
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I rise only to say that I do not intend to say anything.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
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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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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
[Work]
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