Ulysses S. Grant

"Whatever happens, there is always somebody who knew it would."

"Everybody commits errors and indiscretions in life. It is the part of prudence to profit by the mistakes of others."

"The most obnoxious traitors are those who make profession of an attachment to the Government they betray."

"I feel great anxiety about the fate of our country."

"Circumstances have prevented me from giving this matter the thought its importance demands."

"I have never been a political animal."

"The Union has been preserved."

"War is a terrible thing."

"Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent commodity of the day."

"I have always regretted that I was not as wise as I was brave."

"Each nation must defend its honor against the barbaric custom of dueling."

"The art of being a good guest is in knowing when to leave."

"I prefer a man of bad character to a man of no character at all."

"The Confederacy was formed for the perpetuation and enlargement of slavery."

"I am a verb, not a noun."

"Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend."

"Silence is golden, but not when waiting for the dentist."

"Nothing is more important than the faith we have in ourselves."

"A craven is not more contemptible to the world than to himself."

"The payment of debts only increases the desire to contract more."

"I fought to preserve the Union and to end slavery."

"It is the quiet, modest, meritorious men that I want to promote."

"Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions."

"I have never taken a drink of liquor in my life."

"The most telling proverb is: 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.'"

"If there is a worse place than Hell, I pity the Devil for being there."

"I am not a hard drinker, but I am a very easy one."

"A war between nations is a terrible thing."

"All acquisitions of knowledge are acquisitions of power."

"My life was taken by the very use of tobacco which I used to enjoy."