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Ulysses S. Grant Quotes about Military

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

Statement to John Hill Brinton at the start of his Tennessee River Campaign, early 1862. "Personal Memoirs of John H. Brinton, Major and Surgeon U.S.V., 1861-1865". Book by John H. Brinton, p. 239, 1914.

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

Speech in London. "Memorial Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant". Book edited by y Stephen Merrill Allen, p. 95, 1889.

Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.

Ulysses S. Grant (1990). “The Personal Memoirs Of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.398, Jazzybee Verlag

I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

"A History of Militarism: Romance and Realities of a Profession". Book by Alfred Vagts, p. 27., 1937.

Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.

Ulysses S. Grant (1998). “Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Volume 2 of 2”, p.318, Digital Scanning Inc

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

Dispatch from Spotsylvania (Va.) Court House, 11 May 1864.