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I know General Grant better than any other person in the country can know him. It was my duty to study him, and I did so day and night, when I saw him and when I did not see him, and now I tell you what I know, he cannot govern this country.

— Edwin M. Stanton

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When Lincoln ran into trouble during the Civil War, he got new generals. He brought in Grant. I hope that President Obama will bring in some new generals on the financial front.

— Marcy Kaptur

He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

A few months into my research, General Petraeus, who was then leading Central Command, invited me to go for a run with him and his team along the Potomac River during one of his visits to Washington. I figured I could interview him while we ran.

— Paula Broadwell

A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.

— Woody Hayes

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.

— Sun Tzu

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.

— Donald Rumsfeld

Robert Johnson? No, I didn't know him, personally.

— Muddy Waters

I don't ever recall having a political argument with Bob Grant. I've known him a long time. I've always liked him.

— Mario Cuomo

✗Opposing Perspectives

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

— Douglas MacArthur

Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before.

— Marianne Williamson