I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.
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I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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