List of Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

The Long-continued And Useful Public Service And Eminent Purity Of Character Of The Deceased Ex-president Will Be Remembered.

England And The United States Are Natural Allies, And Should Be The Best Of Friends.

If Men Make War In Slavish Observance Of Rules, They Will Fail. No Rules Will Apply To Conditions Of War As Different As Those Which Exist In Europe And America...war Is Progressive, Because All The Instruments And Elements Of War Are Progressive.

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 White House Will Be At Once Discharged.

I Would Suggest The Taxation Of All Property Equally Whether Church Or Corporation.

The Colored Man Has Been Accustomed All His Life To Lean On The White Man, And If A Good Officer Is Placed Over Him, He Will Learn Readily And Make A Good Soldier.

So Vast A Sum, Receiving All The Protection And Benefits Of The Government, Without Bearing Its Proportion Of The Burdens And Expenses Of The Same, Will Not Be Looked Upon Acquiescently By Those Who Have To Pay The Taxes. . . . I Would Suggest The Taxation Of All Property Equally.

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.

Everyone Has His Superstitions. One Of Mine Has Always Been When I Started To Go Anywhere, Accomplished.

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.

War Is Progressive Because All Instruments Of War Are Progressive.

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.