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Found in the topic War.
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| "In his later reminiscences, Ulysses S. Grant roundly condemned the
Mexican War in which he had served, and even saw the Civil War as a sort
of karmic retribution for America"s sins against its southern neighbor:
"Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the
annexation [of Texas] was consummated or not; but not so all of them. For
myself, I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the
war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger
against a weaker nation. It was an instance of a republic following the
bad example of European monarchies, in not considering justice in their
desire to acquire additional territory."" | |
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Found in the topic War.
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| "I have never advocated war except as a means of peace." | |
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Found in the topic Advocate.
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| "The issue of slavery provoked little moral indignation in General
Grant, and in the first days following the attack on Fort Sumter, he seems
to have believed that the North shared his indifference to abolition: "In
all this I can but see the doom of Slavery. The North do not want, nor
will they want, to interfere with the institution. But they will refuse
for all time to give it protection unless the South shall return soon to
their allegiance, and then too this disturbance will give such an impetus
to the production of their staple, cotton, in other parts of the world
that they can never recover the controll of the market again for that
comodity. This will reduce the value of negroes so much that they will
never be worth fighting over again."" | |
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Found in the topic Slavery.
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| "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all
summer." | |
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Found in the topic Fight.
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| "A man anxious to tell a dirty story asked, "Are there any ladies
present?" Ulysses S. Grant spoke up and replied, "There are no ladies
present, but there are gentlemen."" | |
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Found in the topic Gentlemen.
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| "I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so
effective as their stringent execution." | |
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Found in the topic Law.
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| ""The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican
war. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We
got our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern
times."" | |
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Found in the topic Rebellion.
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| "I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other
one isn"t." | |
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Found in the topic Music.
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| "Let us have peace." | |
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Found in the topic Peace.
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| "No terms except unconditional and immediate surrender can be
accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works." | |
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Found in the topic Surrender.
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| "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." | |
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Found in the topic Superstition.
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| "Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided.... No personal
consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty." | |
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Found in the topic Duty.
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| "The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are
oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve
themselves of oppression, if they are strong enough, whether by withdrawal
from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more
acceptable." | |
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Found in the topic Revolution.
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