William Tecumseh Sherman

"The citizen-soldier is the true bulwark of a republic."

"I have fought long enough to know that war is a dreadful necessity."

"The American people are capable of supporting a long and difficult war."

"I would rather command twenty thousand willing men than a hundred thousand pressed into service."

"The peace that follows war is sweeter than any peace achieved in time of plenty."

"I have seen nations rise and fall on the strength of their armies."

"The future of this nation rests upon the character of its soldiers."

"War is the judge of nations."

"The blood shed in war waters the seeds of future generations."

"A general must understand the terrain as well as the hearts of men."

"The supply line is the umbilical cord of any army."

"I have drunk deeply of the cup of war and found it bitter."

"The duty of a soldier never ends; it only changes form."

"The nations that forget the lessons of war are doomed to repeat them."

"I believe in the strength of the American character above all things."