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Quotes from Around the World with General Grant — Ulysses S. Grant

1822–1885 United States

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I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.

Around the World with General Grant (1879)

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)

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)

There had to be an end of slavery. Then we were fighting an enemy with whom we could not make a peace. We had to destroy him. No convention, no treaty was possible. Only destruction.

Around the World with General Grant (1879)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ulysses S. Grant (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.