20 Ulysses S. Grant Quotes for You to Enjoy

Ulysses S. Grant

American President

Born: Apr 27, 1822

Died: Jul 23, 1885

Church Man Me Men Property You

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. Ulysses S. Grant

Friendship Adversity Me Trust Dark Sunshine Better Prosperity Enjoy Those I Can Relieve Shall Hours Most Gloom Ready Always Cherish Friend Than Who Helped

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. Ulysses S. Grant

I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them. Ulysses S. Grant

Love Thankful Myself Home Great Patriotism Noise People I Am Country Nation Though Seeing Attacked Never Hostile Like Masses Make Am Bullet However Heard Existence Left Dependent Pity Them Whistle Who Professing Suffer Right

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate. Ulysses S. Grant

Family Religion School Matter Church State Church And State Entirely Supported Altar Leave Private Private School Forever Contributions Separate Keep

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor. Ulysses S. Grant

You Man Men Find Occasionally Labor Disgrace Unfortunately Who

I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution. Ulysses S. Grant

Stringent Secure Bad Laws Obnoxious Know Execution Method Repeal Effective

I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors. Ulysses S. Grant

Rebellion Nothing Only Armed Deal Opinions

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. Ulysses S. Grant

Punished Individuals Like Nations Transgression

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished. Ulysses S. Grant

Back Everyone Mine Superstitions Never Until Always Go Been His Accomplished Intended Stop Anything Anywhere Turn Thing Started

I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices. Ulysses S. Grant

Property Church Resting Corporation Possibly Would Resting Place Proper Only Restrictions Dead Equally Whether Place Taxation Suggest Last

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer. Ulysses S. Grant

Fight Summer Out Propose Takes Line

I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't. Ulysses S. Grant

Other Only Know Yankee Doodle Tunes Them Two

Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and that all church property shall bear its own proportion of taxation. Ulysses S. Grant

Property Church Free Own State Church And State Distinct Spheres Proper Bear Shall Proportion Within Forever Declare Taxation Separate Each

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail. Ulysses S. Grant

War Obedience Will Men Rules Fail Make Slavish