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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You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on...

You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on...

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.

War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the...

War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the...

War is at its best barbarism.

War is at its best barbarism.

I intend to make Georgia howl.

I intend to make Georgia howl.

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...

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer...

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer...

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.

The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.

The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it...

In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it...

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 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 I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I...

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I...

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is,...

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is,...

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them...

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them...

It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.

It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but,...

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but,...

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...

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...