If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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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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There 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.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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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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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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
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