I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANMy 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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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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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 will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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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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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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