Words matter. These are the best Ulysses S. Grant Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
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.
Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.
Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.
If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.
If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other isn’t.
Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.
I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.
Let us have peace.
Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and that all church property shall bear its own proportion of taxation.
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.
Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.
In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
