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There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.

- Ulysses S. Grant

Two commanders on the same field are always one too many.

- Ulysses S. Grant

To maintain peace in the future it is necessary to be prepared for war.

- Ulysses S. Grant

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who have helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

- Ulysses S. Grant

The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.

- Ulysses S. Grant

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

- Ulysses S. Grant

Let us have peace.

- Ulysses S. Grant

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

- Ulysses S. Grant

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten then he who continues the attack wins.

- Ulysses S. Grant

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

- Ulysses S. Grant

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

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

- Ulysses S. Grant

God gave us Lincoln and Liberty. Let us fight for both.

- Ulysses S. Grant

Cheap cigars come in handy; They stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

- Ulysses S. Grant

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

- Ulysses S. Grant

If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week.

- Moshe Dayan

Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood.

- Moshe Dayan

Most important, don't do anything you don't want.

- Moshe Dayan

He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.

- Xenophon

My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

- Ulysses S. Grant

We are a small nation, but strong.

- Moshe Dayan

We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today.

- Moshe Dayan

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

- Ulysses S. Grant

For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

- Xenophon

I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer.

- Moshe Dayan

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

- Ulysses S. Grant

The method of collective punishment so far has proved effective.

- Moshe Dayan

I don't think we should be a model family living in a model home.

- Moshe Dayan

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.

- Ulysses S. Grant

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

- Ulysses S. Grant