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Ulysses S. Grant Quotes


The 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods.
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America. Grant began his lifelong career as a soldier after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1843. Fighting in the Mexican American War, he was a close observer of the techniques of Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. He resigned from the Army in 1854, then struggled to make a living in St. Louis and Galena, Illinois.

Here are some famous quotes by Ulysses S. Grant.

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

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

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No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

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

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I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.

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

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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.

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The friend of my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.