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Friends
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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 Simpson Grant
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Law
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I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their strict execution.
-Ulysses Simpson Grant
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Laziness
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
-Ulysses Simpson Grant
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Music
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I know only two tunes. One them is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't.
-Ulysses Simpson Grant
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Persistence
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Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.
-Ulysses Simpson Grant
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Unity
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The War is over - the rebels are our countrymen again.
-Ulysses Simpson Grant, Said to prevent his men from cheering after the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, 9 April 1865
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War
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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.
-Ulysses Simpson Grant, Personal Memoirs, 1885
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