Ulysses S. Grant Quotes About Enemies

Quotes about: Enemies

• 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.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Art, Peace, Military

  Statement to John Hill Brinton at the start of his Tennessee River Campaign, early 1862. "Personal Memoirs of John H. Brinton, Major and Surgeon U.S.V., 1861-1865". Book by John H. Brinton, p. 239, 1914.

• Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  Military, Civil War, Enemy

  Ulysses S. Grant (1998). “Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Volume 2 of 2”, p.318, Digital Scanning Inc

• ...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  War, Order, Soldier

  Ulysses Simpson Grant, John Y. Simon (1974). “The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant: April 1-August 31, 1862”, p.146, SIU Press

• ...I never heard him abuse an enemy. Some of the cruel things said about President Lincoln, particularly in the North, used to pierce him to the heart; but never in my presence did he evince a revengeful disposition.

  Ulysses S. Grant

  War, Heart, Enemy

  Ulysses S. Grant (2006). “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.405, Cosimo, Inc.

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