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Ulysses S. Grant Quotes About Fighting

Quotes about: Fighting
  • 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.

    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.
  • God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both.

    Toast before the Vicksburg Campaign on February 22, 1863. "A Popular and Authentic Life of Ulysses S. Grant". Book by Edward Deering Mansfield, 1868.
  • I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

    Dispatch from Spotsylvania (Va.) Court House, 11 May 1864.

Ulysses S. Grant

  • Born: April 27, 1822
  • Died: July 23, 1885
  • Occupation: 18th U.S. President
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