Quote#Freedom
I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe…
Quote byUlysses S. Grant · 1822–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885), Ch. 67.
English (original)
I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse.
— Ulysses S. Grant
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