It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.
Ulysses S. GrantIf we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.
Ulysses S. GrantThere is nothing more I should do to it now, and therefore I am not likely to be more ready to go than at this moment.
Ulysses S. GrantI know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.
Ulysses S. Grant