Ulysses S. Grant

I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.

I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.