“In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fig...” — William Tecumseh Sherman Quote

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

“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.”

“You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.”

“Black women sharing close ties with each other, politically or emotionally, are not the enemies of Black men.”

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

“One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.”