If men make war in slavish observance of rules, they will fail. No rules will apply to conditions of war as different as those which exist in Europe and America...War is progressive, because all the instruments and elements of war are progressive. Ulysses S. Grant More Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant More Quotes From Ulysses S. Grant Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business. Ulysses S. Grant had-enough shows war I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly Ulysses S. Grant mind Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also. Ulysses S. Grant civil-war military enemy I'm afraid I'm elected. Ulysses S. Grant The Jews are a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department, and also department orders and are herein expelled from the department within 24 hours from receipt of this order. Ulysses S. Grant regulation class order The theory of government changes with general progress. Ulysses S. Grant progress government theory I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution. Ulysses S. Grant political law success Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them. Ulysses S. Grant retreat daylight war Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose. Ulysses S. Grant patriotic 4th-of-july blessing I desire the good-will of all, whether hitherto my friends or not. Ulysses S. Grant good-will my-friends desire I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency. Ulysses S. Grant presidency wanted I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other isn't. Ulysses S. Grant civil-war yankees two It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. Ulysses S. Grant training political office Ah, you know my weaknesses--my children and my horses. Ulysses S. Grant horse weakness children Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres. Ulysses S. Grant presidential church forever I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices. Ulysses S. Grant corporations taxation church No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me. Ulysses S. Grant may order way ...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 soldier war order The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. Ulysses S. Grant tough-times adversity dark I feel that we are on the eve of a new era, when there is to be great harmony between the Federal and Confederate. I cannot stay to be a living witness to the correctness of this prophecy; but I feel it within me that it is to be so. Ulysses S. Grant confederate harmony eras