A soldier's highest duty is to preserve the Union he swears ... - William Tecumseh Sherman

"A soldier's highest duty is to preserve the Union he swears to defend."

William Tecumseh Sherman Leadership

Military General American 1820–1891

More from William Tecumseh Sherman

"War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it."

"I am tired and sick of war."

"You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will."

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

"A leader must be fair and just."

"Integrity is everything."

"One must take responsibility for one's environment."

"In this house, I make the decisions"