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There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths. -- Robert E. Lee
Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university. -- Robert E. Lee
[Mark] Twain was a publisher. He published General Grant's Memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many of his own books. He would, I think, be very keen about the question of how a book would sell. -- Hal Holbrook
In her opinion, Alexander Graham Bell and Clarence Birdseye are the two greatest Americans that ever lived excluding Robert E. Lee. She believes we never lost the War Between the States, that General Lee thought General Grant was the butler and just naturally handed him his sword. -- Fannie Flagg
I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did so day and night, when I saw him and when I did not see him, and now I tell you what I know, he cannot govern this country. -- Edwin M. Stanton
General Grant had no fixed plan of campaign beyond the general idea to avoid the strong defensive line occupied by General Lee behind Mine Run, and find a way to draw him out to open battle. -- James Longstreet
Congress can grant a waiver [for General James Mattis ] and has done that once in history. -- Steve Inskeep
A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice. -- Jean de la Bruyere

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