Ulysses (Simpson) Grant, US general with the Union Army, was born on this date in 1822. 10 things he said:
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.
In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.
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.
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.
I will not move my army without onions.
It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most.
There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
I never knew what to do with a paper except to put it in a side pocket or pass it to a clerk who understood it better than I did.
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