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Quotation from Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant
“Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions”
Personal Memoirs, Vol. I, Ch. III
Grant links the Mexican War to the Civil War, 'the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times'.
Citation: "Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions" — Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, Vol. I, Ch. III. (id personal-memoirs-q4)
Portrait: Ulysses S. Grant 1870-1880, Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Public domain.
