Ulysses S Grant quotes

" I know only two tunes. One them is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't. " # Music

" Reports of my death greatly exaggerated. Returning to Washington immediately. " # Exaggeration # Cities and City Life # Death and Dying

" Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal considerations should stand in the way of performing a public duty. " # Duty # Guilt # Politicians and Politics

" It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service. " # Service # Expectation # Action

" 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. " # Peace # War # Army and Navy

" I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail. " # America # War # Failure

" 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. " # Friends and Friendship # Freedom # Power

" I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their strict execution. " # Law and Lawyers # Security # Experts

" Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished. " # Perseverance # Superstition # Love

" Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor. " # Work # Poverty and The Poor # Honor