Ulysses S. Grant Short Quotes

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Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.

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God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.

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

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I purpose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.
Dispatch to Washington

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I known only two tunes: one is Yankee Doodle, and the other isn't.

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I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly

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I only know two tunes. One of them is 'Yankee Doodle' and the other isn't.

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Garfield has shown that he is not possessed of the backbone of an angle-worm.

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My lord, I have heard that your father was a military man. Was that the case?

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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labor.

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You must take it; I cannot live with anything in my possession that is not mine.

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Pete, let us have another game of brag, to recall the days that were so pleasant.

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Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also.

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I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.

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England and the United States are natural allies, and should be the best of friends.

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There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.

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My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral

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

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Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres.

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We are responsible for these things in his race. It is not fair to visit our faults upon him, let him alone.

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

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It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.

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

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There is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.

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No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

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The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.

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Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

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Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.

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I think I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun. A verb is anything that signifies to be; to do; or to suffer. I signify all three.

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No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.

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