 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...  Lincoln's Own Stories - Page 165edited by - 1912 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Richards Boyle - Pennsylvania - 1903 - 382 pages
...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 success can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.... | |
 | United States. Army. Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 12th (1862-1863) - United States - 1901 - 520 pages
...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...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it... | |
 | Business - 1914 - 538 pages
...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...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1904 - 534 pages
...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 success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.... | |
 | Emory Upton - United States - 1904 - 538 pages
...it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a dictator. Of course H was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.... | |
 | Emory Upton - United States - 1904 - 532 pages
...for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it... | |
 | George Pierce Baker - Oratory - 1904 - 508 pages
...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 15 generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Allen Rogers Benham - American letters - 1905 - 176 pages
...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...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 412 pages
...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...military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it... | |
 | Jay Monaghan - History - 1997 - 538 pages
...26, Lincoln formally appointed him head of the Army of the Potomac — a classic official document : "What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. . . . Now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward... | |
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