More Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant
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.
Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.
I will not move my army without onions.
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.
I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.
In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.
Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.
