William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes About Army
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This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
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An army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every enactment, every change of rule which impairs this principle weakens the army, impairs its value, and defeats the very object of its existence.
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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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An army to be useful must be a unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon, but doubtless spoken before the days of Alexander, that an army with an inefficient commander was better than one with two able heads.
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The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak violence upon South Carolina. I almost tremble for her fate.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
- Born: February 8, 1820
- Died: February 14, 1891
- Occupation: U.S. General
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