Quote#War
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of…
Quote byUlysses S. Grant · 1822–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in London, as quoted in Memorial Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (1889) Edited by y Stephen Merrill Allen, p. 95.
English (original)
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.
— Ulysses S. Grant
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