Ulysses S Grant Quotes – Insights from the American Civil War General

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.

The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.

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

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

My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

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

The art of war is simple enough – destroy the enemy’s ability to fight and you have won.

I only know two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle,’ and the other isn’t.

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

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

The right to vote freely for the candidate of one’s choice is of the essence of a democratic society.

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

I appreciate the fact that many Americans think that I’m too dumb or too dishonest or too screwed up to be President.

I rise only to say that I do not intend to say anything.

The will of the people is the best law.

The greatest measure of a man is not found in the amount of money he acquires, but in the integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Ulysses S Grant Quotes – Insights from the American Civil War General part 2

I’m done with slaving for the Senate and House of Representatives.

Two-thirds of the disasters in the world are made by human decisions.

My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

The friend in 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.

The good citizen, when he votes, will vote for the good of his country.

I believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world, in his own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required.

Leave 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.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

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

The war is over – the rebels are our countrymen again.

I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun.

I regard the contest as essentially religious.

Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.

I undeniably enjoy going to battle but detest the war.

I have been disappointed in everything, except you.

Every good general knows that the morale of an army has a direct impact on its success.

My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

There is nothing more important than the integrity of one’s own actions.

I don’t know whether I am a medium, I never met one …

The art of war is simple enough – destroy the enemy’s ability to fight and you have won.

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

I know two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle,’ and the other one isn’t.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

Every soldier should know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is going to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the success of his fighting will influence the battle as a whole.

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, either by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable.

No one has ever succeeded in capturing me solely by the weight of his arguments without first knocking me senseless by his fists.

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.

The full history of this man will never be known if I leave him behind.

The friend in 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.