Ulysses S. Grant Quotes - Page 4

Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.

The theory of government changes with general progress.

In 1856...I preferred the success of a candidate whose election would prevent or postpone secession, to seeing the country plunged into a war the end of which no man could foretell. With a Democrat elected by the unanimous vote of the Slave States, there could be no pretext for secession for four years.... I therefore voted for James Buchanan as President.

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.

I will raid the arsenal and start a war to end slavery.

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.

Ah, you know my weaknesses--my children and my horses.

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him.

The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery.

The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know, with almost superhuman abilities. A large part of the National army, for instance, and most of the press of the country, clothed General Lee with just such qualities, but I had known him personally, and knew that he was mortal; and it was just as well that I felt this.

Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.

I feel that we are on the eve of a new era, when there is to be great harmony between the Federal and Confederate. I cannot stay to be a living witness to the correctness of this prophecy; but I feel it within me that it is to be so.

My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral

I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not.

In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home

War is progressive because all instruments of war are progressive.

Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres.

I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.

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 moment.

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 was happy. When the rebellion came, I returned to the service because it was a duty. I had no thought of rank; all I did was try and make.

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?

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

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 saw in the story was some Irishmen meeting in a room and talking politics. What had that to do with America, especially with my people? It was not until years later that I saw what he meant ... I began to listen, to listen closely to how they talked about their heroes, to how they talked about the dead and how great the dead had once been. I heard it everywhere.

A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.