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U.S. Grant's Thoughts on Anti-War Protesters
I wanted to share a few lines from U.S. Grant's memoirs, as they are the simplest and most powerful words I've seen concerning Americans opposing wars that their nation is involved in. Grant said these words about America's war with Mexico. He, of course, fought valiantly in this war though he believed that America was wrong in its aggression towards such a weak foe in an attempt to gain territory.
"Experience proves that the man who obstructs a war in which his nation is engaged, no matter whether right or wrong, occupies no enviable place in life or history. Better for him, individually, to advocate "war, pestilence, and famine," than to act as an obstructionist to a war already begun. The history of the defeated rebel will be honorable hereafter, compared with that of the Northern man who aided him by conspiring against his government while protected by it. The most favorable posthumous history the stay-at-home traitor can hope for is--oblivion."
18th U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
I love this quote. I intend to memorize it and use it against the numbskull stay-at-home traitors that infest this great Republic.
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at 3:57 AM EDT
Updated: Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:16 AM EDT
