I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet.
ULYSSES S. GRANTIt was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
More Ulysses S. Grant Quotes
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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Let us have peace.
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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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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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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.
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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.
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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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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
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If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
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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 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.
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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.
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