01c. 1853 ADNo other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
02c. 1853 ADI propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
04c. 1853 ADI know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effectual as their strict construction.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
05c. 1853 ADLet no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a duty.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
06c. 1853 ADI only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearlyUlysses S. Grant / quote ↗
07c. 1853 ADThe framers of our Constitution firmly believed that a republican government could not endure without intelligence and education generally diffused among the people. The Father of his Country, in his Farewell Address, uses this language: Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
08c. 1853 ADThe friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who have helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
10c. 1853 ADThe distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
11c. 1853 ADThere are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
12c. 1853 ADIt is preposterous to suppose that the people of one generation can lay down the best and only rules of government for all who are to come after them, and under unforeseen contingencies.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
13c. 1853 ADNo personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
14c. 1853 ADThe 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.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
15c. 1853 ADLet no guilty man escape if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
16c. 1853 ADI know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
17c. 1853 ADI know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
18c. 1853 ADEveryone 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.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
20c. 1853 ADThe 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.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
22c. 1853 ADI suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
23c. 1853 ADLeave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
24c. 1853 ADIn every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.Ulysses S. Grant / quote ↗
