An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANFear is the beginning of wisdom.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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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 will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
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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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War is hell.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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