It will be a thousand years before Grant's character is fully appreciated. Grant is the greatest soldier of our time if not all time.
Three years ago by a little reflection and patience they could have had a hundred years of peace and prosperity, but they preferred war; very well.
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.
You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end.
Война — это ад, и нечего думать над тем, как бы сделать ее еще хуже.