Ulysses S. Grant

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

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

Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.

Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives.

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

I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly