 | James D. Robenalt - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 340 pages
...sent Hooker a letter on his appointment advising him that he was well aware of Hooker's indiscretions: "I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of...recently saying that both the army and the government need a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command.... | |
 | Ward McAfee - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 258 pages
...ultimately he would become a military dictator along the lines of Napoleon. "Of course," Lincoln wrote, "it was not for this but in spite of it, that I have...given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes, can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is 1 Don E. Fehrenbacher and Virginia Fehrenbacher,... | |
 | Charles Pierce Roland - History - 2004 - 348 pages
...Hooker know he was aware of the general's views on the need for a dictator. "Of course," Lincoln said, "it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command." Then, with exquisite irony, "Only those generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I now... | |
 | Jeffry D. Wert - History - 2005 - 598 pages
...and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country." Continuing: "I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of...given you the command. 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."... | |
 | Thomas Harry Williams - Biography & Autobiography - 1941 - 444 pages
...government. On the day after he appointed Hooker to the command, Lincoln wrote him a fatherly letter: "I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of...given you the command. 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."21... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 945 pages
...need for a dictator to assume command of "both the Army and the Government." He informed Hooker that "it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have...given you the command. 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."... | |
 | Jennifer L. Weber - History - 2006 - 305 pages
...with you," he warned his new general. The president had heard credible reports that Hooker had said the government needed a dictator. "Of course it was...given you the command. 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."... | |
 | Wilmer L. Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 392 pages
...heard, in such a way as to believe, of your recent saying that both the Army and the Government need a Dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in...given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes, can set up dictators. What I ask of you now is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship."62... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 292 pages
...apologetic to gain his end. In his famous letter to "Fighting Joe" Hooker, Lincoln knew he could safely say, "I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of...both the army and the government needed a dictator. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." To the complaining General... | |
 | James Boyd White - Law - 2009 - 251 pages
...surely be to put him on notice that Lincoln has perceived and understood his course of improper speech. "Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command." Hooker's task is to bring victory, in which enterprise Lincoln will do all he can to help, including... | |
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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... 
