Ulysses S. Grant

"The war is over, the Confederacy is dissolved, slavery is dead."

"I have never advocated war except as a means of peace."

"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."

"A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I very much doubted."

"I believe man can be more efficient than a machine."

"The right to vote is the right to participate; it is the necessary consequence of the equality of rights which all men possess."

"I was taught to hate the word resignation."

"Time will make it all clear."

"I know only two tunes: one of them is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"I have scars on my body which prove that I am a man."

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

"Circumstances change with time, and we must change with them or be left behind."

"Soldiers generally, when they get a new coat, think they are not generals."

"I would fight all the men in the world rather than acknowledge the right of anyone to dictate to me."

"The art of persuasion requires sympathy with those you wish to persuade."

"I believe it is the nature of all men to be ambitious."

"I am a very meek man; I am not fond of prominences."

"Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day."

"Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true."

"I feel respect for the rising generation."

"The most important thing is to keep thinking."

"Failure is the only highway to success."

"I know better than to trust a dog that won't bite."

"A nation without faith is a nation without hope."

"The fight was so desperate that time seemed to have no existence."

"To manage men you must manage them in groups."

"I never took a command without feeling sure I was right in the position."

"A successful general must possess the confidence of his men."

"The great thing about Americans is their adaptability."