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More Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant
Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true.
Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.
I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other isn't.
Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.
The will of the people is the best law.
The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of oppression, if they are strong enough, whether by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable.
God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.
I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.
The fact is 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.
The great bulk of the legal voters of the South were men who owned no slaves; their homes were generally in the hills and poor country; their facilities for educating their children, even up to the point of reading and writing, were very limited; their interest in the contest was very meagre--what there was, if they had been capable of seeing it, was with the North; they too needed emancipation.
