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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANEvery change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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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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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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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This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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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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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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