Peace Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant

11 Peace quotes by Ulysses S. Grant

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Ulysses S. Grant’s take on peace comes across clearly in these eleven brief statements, offering a military mind’s view on calm.

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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

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Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.

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War is progressive because all instruments of war are progressive.

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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…

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“The worst excuse a soldier can make for declining service is that he once ranked the commander he is ordered to report…

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The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going…

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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.

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If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail. No rules will apply to conditions of war as different…

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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…

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“In any case, the example set by the Confederates in burning the village of Chambersburg, Pa., a town which was not garrisoned,…

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I never was an Abolitionest, not even what could be called anti slavery, but I try to judge farely and honestly and…

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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…

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“The fact is the constitution did not apply to any such contingency as the one existing from 1861 to 1865. Its framers never dreamed…

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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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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

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

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I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle,' and the other isn't.

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