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 SHERMANA battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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 want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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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 intend to make Georgia howl.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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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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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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