Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANAn Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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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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My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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