Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party.

The will of the people is the best law.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

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.

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

Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

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

As soon as slavery fired upon the flag it was felt, we all felt, even those who did not object to slaves, that slavery must be destroyed. We felt that it was a stain to the Union that men should be bought and sold like cattle.

Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

Ah, you know my weaknesses–my children and my horses.