An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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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War is at its best barbarism.
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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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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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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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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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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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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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