42 ordspråk av General Ulysses S. Grant
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Ulysses S. Grant föddes den
27 April 1822 och dog den 23 Juli
1885 - (1869-77), famous commander of the Union armies during the late years of the American Civil War.
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Let us have peace.
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Let us have peace.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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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.
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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.
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The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and went to a farm I was happy. When the rebellion came, I returned to the service because it was a duty. I had no thought of rank; all I did was try and make
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The people who had been in rebellion must necessarily come back into the Union, and be incorporated as an integral part of the nation. Naturally the nearer they were placed to equality with the people who had rebelled, the more reconciled they would
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There are many men who would have done better than I did under the circumstances in which I found myself. If I had never held command; if I had fallen, there were 10,000 behind who would have followed the contest to the end and never surrendered the
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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