Ulysses S. Grant | Loyalty to principle is harder—and more vital—than loyalty to power

General (Ret.) Stanley M. McChrystal explores Ulysses S. Grant's role in the Stanton Crisis of 1868 and his commitment to the rule of law in this essay published by In Pursuit.

Image Credit: [General Ulysses S. Grant at his headquarters in Cold Harbor, Virginia]. Photograph, June 11 or 12 1864. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

In Pursuit is a landmark initiative of More Perfect, a bipartisan alliance of 44 Presidential Centers, National Archives Foundation, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Karsh Institute for Democracy at the University of Virginia, and more than 100 organizations working together to protect and renew our democracy as we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and beyond.

00:00 The Man Beyond the Battlefield: Rethinking Grant's Legacy
00:56 The Stanton Crisis of 1868: A Pivotal Moment
01:42 Lessons in Humility: Grant’s Early Failures
02:37 The Struggle for Reconstruction: Grant vs. Andrew Johnson
03:57 Choosing the Law: Reinstating Edwin Stanton
04:46 Confronting Power: Loyalty to the Constitution
05:32 Grant’s Presidency: Protecting Rights and Suppressing the KKK
06:29 Relevance Today: Holding Republics Together
07:46 Conclusion: The Path Toward Unity

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