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Treat the negro as a citizen and a voter, as he is and must remain, and soon parties will be divided, not on the color line, but on principle.
Sixth State of the Union Address (1874)
As soon as slavery fired upon the flag it was felt, we all felt, even those who did not object to slaves, that slavery must be destroyed. We felt that it was a stain to the Union that men should be bought and sold like cattle.
Around the World with General Grant (1879)
Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the object of our meeting.
Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885)
What General Lee's feelings were I do not know.
Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885)
I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
Slavery in Cuba is a principal cause of the lamentable condition of the island.
The war was expensive to the South as well as to the North, both in blood and treasure, but it was worth all it cost.
Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885)
I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other one isn't.
No terms except an unconditional surrender can be accepted.
For the present, and so long as there are living witnesses of the great war of sections, there will be people who will not be consoled for the loss of a cause which they believed to be holy. As time passes, people, even of the South, will begin to wonder how it was possible that their ancestors ever fought for or justified institutions which acknowledged the right of property in man.
Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885)
You must take it; I cannot live with anything in my possession that is not mine.
I believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world, in His own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required.
I only know two tunes. One is Yankee Doodle, and the other one isn't.
Robert C. Winthrop in a letter to George W. Childs (1889)
The framers of our Constitution firmly believed that a republican government could not endure without intelligence and education generally diffused among the people.
Message to the Senate and House of Representatives (1870)
I would protect the law-abiding citizen, whether of native or foreign birth, wherever his rights are jeopardized or the flag of our country floats.
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.
Suffrage once given can never be taken away, and all that remains for us now is to make good that gift by protecting those who have received it.
Around the World with General Grant (1879)
Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.
Under such circumstances it is but reasonable to suppose that errors of judgment must have occurred.
Eighth State of the Union Address (1876)
Withhold no legal privilege of advancement to the new citizen.
Message to the Senate and House of Representatives (1870)