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.

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.

William Tecumseh Sherman

War, Fighting, Army

William Tecumseh Sherman (1875). “Memoirs of General William T. Sherman”, p.227

The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak violence upon South Carolina. I almost tremble for her fate.

William Tecumseh Sherman

War, Army, Fate

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

William Tecumseh Sherman

Peace, War, Army

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.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Army, Two, Able

William Tecumseh Sherman (1990). “Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman”, p.934, Library of America

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.

William Tecumseh Sherman

Military, Army, Men

"Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius".

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

William Tecumseh Sherman

Army, Civil War, Mules