I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.

Quote by William Tecumseh Sherman

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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body...

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body...

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules...

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules...

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and...

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and...

If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I...

If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I...

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to...

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to...

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only...

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only...

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of...

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of...

He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.

He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

War is at its best barbarism.

War is at its best barbarism.

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he...

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he...

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will...

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will...

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and...

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and...

This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but...

This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but...

The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.

The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each...

There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each...

An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change...

An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change...

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I...

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I...