You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANYou may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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 beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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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 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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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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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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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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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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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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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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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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