Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

I never held a council of war in my life. I heard what men had to say - the stream of talk at headquarters - but I made up my own mind, and from my written orders my staff got their first knowledge of what was to be done. No living man knew of plans.

- Ulysses S. Grant

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