I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThere will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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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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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If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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War is hell.
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