An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI 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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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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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 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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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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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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War is hell.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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