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, as quoted in Memorial Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (1889) Edited by y Stephen Merrill Allen, p. 95. - Around the World with General Grant (1879)

Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.