I rise only to say that I do not intend to say anything. I thank you for your hearty welcomes and good cheers.


U.S. Grant's "perfect speech" which he used on several occasions beginning in 1865, as quoted in Grant: A Biography (1982) by William S. McFeely, p. 234.


I rise only to say that I do not intend to say anything. I thank you for your hearty welcomes and good cheers.

I rise only to say that I do not intend to say anything. I thank you for your hearty welcomes and good cheers.

I rise only to say that I do not intend to say anything. I thank you for your hearty welcomes and good cheers.

I rise only to say that I do not intend to say anything. I thank you for your hearty welcomes and good cheers.