Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

“The enemy had been much demoralized by his defeats at Champion's Hill and the Big Black, and I believed he would not make much effort to hold Vicksburg.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

topic:war

“I felt that 15,000 men on the 8th would be more effective than 50,000 a month later.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

topic:war

“The problem for us was to move forward to a decisive victory, or our cause was lost.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

topic:war

“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.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

topic:war

“They had generally acquired some of the vices of civilization, but none of the virtues, except in individual cases.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

topic:virtue

“No one who knew him ever believed him capable of a dishonorable act, and nothing could be more dishonorable than to accept high rank and command in war and then betray the trust.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

topic:trust

“Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

topic:enemy

“Every one has his superstitions. One of mine is that in positions of great responsibility every one should do his duty to the best of his ability where assigned by competent authority, without application or the use of influence to change his...”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

topic:responsibility

“It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may always expect the most efficient service.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

topic:waiting

“Neither of these speculations is unreasonable, and they are mentioned to show how little men control their own destiny.”

― Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

topic:control

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