Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.

To secure the safety of the navigation of the Mississippi River I would slay millions. On that point I am not only insane, but mad... I think I see one or two quick blows that will astonish the natives of the South and will convince them that, though to stand behind a big cottonwood and shoot at a passing boat is good sport and safe, it may still reach and kill their friends and families hundreds of miles off. For every bullet shot at a steamboat, I would shoot a thousand 30-pounder Parrots into even helpless towns on Red, Ouachita, Yazoo, or wherever a boat can float or soldier march.

You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.

In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.

It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.

The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.