Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-08-13
NOTABLE SAYINGS OF GRANT.
Quotations from His Speeches, \ Il.
dresses, Letters, Etc

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do not believe in luck IN war any
more than In luck Ia business.
a General who will never take a
chance IN a battle will never fight
one.
! | propose to fight it out in this line
if it takes all summer.-Tn the Wilder
ness, May II, 1864.
would deal with nations as equita
BILE law requires individuals TO treat
with each other.
This is Republic where the will of
the people is the law of the land. I
beg that their voice may be heard
Letter to President johnson, N 1865.
The humblest soldier who carried q
musket is entitled TO as much credit
for the results of the war as those who
were IN command.-Speech at Ham,
burg, 1873.
With people as honest and PROUD
as the Americans, and with so much
common sense, it is always a mistake
to do thing not entirely right for the
sake of expediency.
Although soldier by education
and profession, have never felt any
foadnesS for WAY, and have never
ADVOCATED 1t except as means of peace.
Speech IN London, 1877.
No theory of my own will ever
stand Ia the way of my executing, in
good faith, any order I may receive
from those IN authority over me
Letter TO Secretary Chase, July, 1868.
The stability of this government
and the unity of this nation depends
solely on the cordial support and the
earnest loyalty of the people.-Address
to loyal citizens of Memphis, August,
1865.
If our country could be saved or
ruined by the efforts OF any one man,
we should not have country, and we
should not now be celebrating our
Fourth of July.-Speech at Hamburg,
1879.
Too long denial of guaranteed right
is sure to lead to revolution,
bloody revolution, where suffering
must fall upon the innocent as welR
as the guilty.-Letter to Governor
Chamberlain. 1879.
There had to be an end to slavery
Then we were fighting an enemy
with whom we could not make
peace. We had to destroy him No
convention. no treaty, was posi- bic,
only destruction.
Peace and universal prosperity, its
sequence, with economy of admins
tration, will lighten the burden of
taxation, while it certainly reduces
the national debt. Let us have
/ peace.-Letter accepting nomination,
1868.
We are a republic whereof one
man is IS good as another before the
law. Under such a form CT govern
ment it is of the greatest Importance
that all should be possessed of educa-
ton and intelligence enough to cast
q vote with q right understanding of
its meaning.-Annual Message, 1871.
To protect the national honor every
dollar Of the government indepted-
ness should be paid in gold, unless
otherwise stipulated in the contract
Let it be understood that no repudia-
ton of one farthing of our public
debt will be trusted in places
Inaugural Address, 1869.
feel no inclination to retaliate for
the otfenses of irresponsible persons,
but it is the policy of any General en-
trusted with the command of troops
to show no quarter or to punish with
death prisoners taken in battle. [
will accept the issue. Letter to Con-
federate General Buckner, 1868.
[ am not one of those that cry out
against the Republic and chargeit
with being ungrateful. am sure
thai, as regards the American people
as q nation and as individuals, I have
every reason under the sun, if any
person really has, to be satisfied with
the treatment Of me.-Speech IN New
York 1880.
I shall on all subjects have policy
to recommend, none to enforce against
govern all alike-thCse opposed TO as
well as those in favor of them. l
know no method to secure the repeal
Of bad or obnoxious laws so eHectual
as their strict northumberland
Address, 1869.
The truth is, [ am more of farmer
than a soldier. | take little or no In
terest IN military affairs, and, although
/ entered the army thlrty~hve years
ago, and have been in two wars, IN
Mexico as d young lieutenant, and
later, [ never went into the army with
out regret and never retired without
pleasure.
When I was in the army [ had a
physique that could stand anything.
Whether / slept oe the ground or IN
a tent, whether slept one hour or ten
in the tgenty~f0ur, whether had bat
one meal or three Or none, MADE no
differes &c. | could lie down and sleep
in the rain without caring. But was
many years younger and l could not
hope to do that now.
The president of the chamber of
commerce in his remarks has alluded
to the personal friendship existing be-
tween the two nations, [ will not say
the two peoples, because We are one
people, but we are two nations hav-
inc 2 common destiny. and that des-