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18th U.S. President

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States, renowned for his military prowess during the Civil War. He served as the commander-in-chief of the Union Army and played a crucial role in the Northern victory. During his presidency, Grant focused on rebuilding the South and promoting a series of reforms. His leadership style and policy initiatives had a profound impact both during his time and in subsequent history.

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“I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.”

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

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“One of my superstitions had always been when I started to go anywhere or do anything, not to turn back, or stop until the thing intended was accomplished. I have frequently started to go places where I had never been and to which I did not know the way, depending upon making inquiries on the road, and if I got past the place without knowing it, instead of turning back, I would go until a road was found turning in the right direction, take that, and come in by the other side.”

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“The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.”

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Book:Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

Source: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

“A hero does for others. He would do anything for people he loves, because he knows it would make their lives better. I am not that kind of person, but I want you to be. You could give something to her, to me, to those children in the quarter. You could give something I never could ... The white people out there are saying you don't have it-that you're a hog, not a man. But I know they are wrong.”

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“But my later experience has taught me two lessons: first, that things are seen plainer after the events have occurred; second, that the most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticised.”

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Book:Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

Source: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

“The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know, with almost superhuman abilities. A large part of the National army, for instance, and most of the press of the country, clothed General Lee with just such qualities, but I had known him personally, and knew that he was mortal; and it was just as well that I felt this.”

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Book:Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters: Library of America #50

Source: Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs & Selected Letters: Library of America #50

“Ah, you know my weaknesses--my children and my horses.”

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Author:Ulysses S. Grant