"There are but few important events in the……" — Ulysses S. Grant
"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice."
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89 Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant has 89 quotes on this site.
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It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most…
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I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
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The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right…
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It does look like a very good exercise. But what is the little white ball for?
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Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.
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Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.
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The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and…
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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…
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In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In…
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There was always news coming back to the quarter about someone who had been killed or sent to prison for…
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I read the story and reread the story, but I still could not find the universality that the little Irishman…
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A hero does for others. He would do anything for people he loves, because he knows it would make their…
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More Affair Quotes
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation…
— Hannah Arendt
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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of…
— Charles Babbage
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The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
— Irving Babbitt
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
— Honore de Balzac
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
— Roger Bannister
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
— Saint Basil
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one…
— Arnold Bennett
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
— Aeschylus
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