I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANGrant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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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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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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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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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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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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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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