An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANBut, 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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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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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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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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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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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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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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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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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If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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