Quote#Homeland
I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left…
Quote byUlysses S. Grant · 1822–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to his sister Mary (15 December 1862).
English (original)
I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however, that though such people make a great noise the masses are not like them.
— Ulysses S. Grant
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