Rex David ii

“I know only two tunes. One of them is 'Yankee Doodle' the other isn't.”
― 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 CAUSE of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery. For some years before the war began it was a trite saying among some politicians that "A state half slave and half free cannot exist." All must become slave or all free, or the state will go down. I took no part myself in any such view of the case at the time, but since the war is over, reviewing the whole question, I have come to the conclusion that the saying is quite true.”
― Ulysses S. Grant, The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Volume Two

“To be humble is to be so sure of one’s self and one’s mission that one can forego calling excessive attention to one’s self and status.”
― Cornel West, Race Matters