I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the
other one isn't. -- Ulysses S. Grant
"Generally the officers of the army were indifferent whether the annexation
[of Texas] was consummated or not; but not so all of them. For myself,
I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war,
which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against
a weaker nation. It was an instance of a republic following the bad example
of European monarchies, in not considering justice in their desire to acquire
additional territory."
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, 1885
"The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican war.
Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got
our punishment in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times."
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, 1885
