 I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes...  Speech and Scrap Book for Speakers - Page 2851924 - 304 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 724 pages
...satisfied with you." He lamented Hooker's efforts to undermine confidence in Burnside and mentioned his "recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator." "Of course," he continued, "it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command." "Only those... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - 1996 - 132 pages
...valid, but Lincoln would not have made it. When he wrote to Hooker, it was to say: "I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying...Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt - 1996 - 208 pages
...Abraham Lincoln, v. 5, p. 343. Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). 'DICTATORSHIP I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that...Only those generals who gain successes, can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and 1 will risk the dictatorship. Letter to General... | |
 | 2001 - 596 pages
...Army of the Potomac, George B. McClellan (qv(: "I have heard ... of your recently saying that . . . the Government needed a dictator. Of course it was...Only those generals who gain successes, can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." Lincoln's... | |
 | Michael Burlingame - 1997 - 418 pages
...great wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard ... of your recently saying that both the Army and the...Only those generals who gain successes, can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government... | |
 | Frank P. King - 1997 - 260 pages
...and honorable brother officer." In the same letter, he also informed Hooker, "I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator."57 As Lincoln had feared, Hooker was mauled at Chancellorsville in May 1863 partly because... | |
 | Dale Carnegie - 2010 - 293 pages
...great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military... | |
 | Walter H. Hebert - 1999 - 396 pages
...wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that...Only those generals, who gain successes, can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government... | |
 | David J Eicher - 2002 - 992 pages
...these facts, Lincoln needed an aggressive fighter who had some strategic vision. "I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying...both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator," he wrote Hooker on January 26. "Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given... | |
 | Eliot A. Cohen - 2002 - 312 pages
...great wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying...Only those generals who gain successes, can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government... | |
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