Ulysses Grant Quotes (8 Quotes)

I never held a council of war in my life. I heard what men had to say - the stream of talk at headquarters - but I made up my own mind, and from my written orders my staff got their first knowledge of what was to be done. No living man knew of plans

There are many men who would have done better than I did under the circumstances in which I found myself. If I had never held command if I had fallen, there were 10,000 behind who would have followed the contest to the end and never surrendered the

The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and went to a farm I was happy. When the rebellion came, I returned to the service because it was a duty. I had no thought of rank all I did was try and make.

It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of the Atlantic but there was never a time during my command when I would not have chosen some settlement by reason rather than the sword.

I see from the papers that my name has been sent in for Brigadier General. This is certainly very complimentary to me, particularly as I have never asked a friend to intercede in my behalf. Hearing that I was likely to be promoted, the officers, with

It is probably well that we had the war when we did. We are better off now than we would have been without it, and have made more rapid progress than we otherwise should have made. Now our republic has shown itself capable of dealing with one of the

The people who had been in rebellion must necessarily come back into the Union, and be incorporated as an integral part of the nation. Naturally the nearer they were placed to equality with the people who had rebelled, the more reconciled they would

Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.