"I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at……" — Ulysses S. Grant
"I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse."
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89 Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant
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