Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

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• It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.
• I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
• 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…
• It does look like a very good exercise. But what is the little white ball for?
• Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.
• Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.
• 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…
• Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.
• In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In 1900, without a check, it…
• There was always news coming back to the quarter about someone who had been killed or sent to prison for killing someone else: Snowball, stabbed…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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?
• How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? . . . Twelve white men say a…
• Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going…
• When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I…
• 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…
• Jesse has a new dog. You may have noticed that his former pets have been peculiarly unfortunate. When this dog dies every employee in the…
• The will of the people is the best law.
• 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…

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