--- title: "10 Mcclellan Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Mcclellan quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Mcclellan sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/abraham-lincoln-88_armies_sending-armies-to-mcclellan-is-like-shov_2442690.png" --- > [Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/sending-armies-to-mcclellan-is-like-shoveling-fleas-across-a-barnyard/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/abraham-lincoln-88_armies_sending-armies-to-mcclellan-is-like-shov_2442690.png) > [If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down; they'd have to sleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-i-gave-mcclellan-all-the-men-he-asked-for-they-could-not-find-room/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_if-i-gave-mcclellan-all-the-men-he-asked_2865796.png) > [But to hear Kennedy when he was grandstanding in front of the McClellan Committee you might have thought I was making as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-hoffa/but-to-hear-kennedy-when-he-was-grandstanding-in-front-of-the/) [Jimmy Hoffa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-hoffa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/jimmy-hoffa-20485_committees_but-to-hear-kennedy-when-he-was-grandsta_1253359.png) > [My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/my-dear-mcclellan-if-you-don-t-want-to-use-the-army-i-should-like-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/abraham-lincoln-88_american-civil-war_my-dear-mcclellan-if-you-don-t-want-to-u_2285220.png) > [Steve McClellan has drawn on an insider's lifetime view of how Wall Street really works to produce a practical and entertaining book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-o-rossotti/steve-mcclellan-has-drawn-on-an-insider-s-lifetime-view-of-how-wall/) [Charles O. Rossotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-o-rossotti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39e/charles-o-rossotti-107866_advice_steve-mcclellan-has-drawn-on-an-insider_2884628.png) > [According to Washington insiders, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan could be the next official to leave the Bush administration. McClellan says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-poehler/according-to-washington-insiders-white-house-press-secretary-scott/) [Amy Poehler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-poehler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/amy-poehler-1084_administration_according-to-washington-insiders-white-h_1108083.jpg) > [What I hear about the book does not sound like the Scott McClellan I knew for two years. I can say, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-gannon/what-i-hear-about-the-book-does-not-sound-like-the-scott-mcclellan-i/) [Jeff Gannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-gannon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44e/jeff-gannon-17243_book_what-i-hear-about-the-book-does-not-soun_1889490.jpg) > [The vast army of McClellan spread out before me. The marching columns extended back as far as eye could see in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-harvey-hill/the-vast-army-of-mcclellan-spread-out-before-me-the-marching-columns/) [Daniel Harvey Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-harvey-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/daniel-harvey-hill-57102_admiration_the-vast-army-of-mcclellan-spread-out-be_877462.png) > [I think if you'd had television cameras at Gettysburg, this would be two nations today. People would not have put up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/i-think-if-you-d-had-television-cameras-at-gettysburg-this-would-be/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/george-will-1177_cameras_i-think-if-you-d-had-television-cameras_1005007.png) > [Military metaphors are rarely exact, but sending Republicans against Democrats when the issue hangs in the balance is nearly always as futile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wesley-pruden/military-metaphors-are-rarely-exact-but-sending-republicans-against/) [Wesley Pruden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wesley-pruden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/wesley-pruden-45568_balance_military-metaphors-are-rarely-exact-but_2322188.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mcclellan/#itemlist", "name": "Mcclellan Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/sending-armies-to-mcclellan-is-like-shoveling-fleas-across-a-barnyard/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/abraham-lincoln-88_armies_sending-armies-to-mcclellan-is-like-shov_2442690.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/abraham-lincoln-88_armies_sending-armies-to-mcclellan-is-like-shov_2442690.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5be/abraham-lincoln-88_armies_sending-armies-to-mcclellan-is-like-shov_2442690.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there.” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down; they'd have to sleep standing up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-i-gave-mcclellan-all-the-men-he-asked-for-they-could-not-find-room/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_if-i-gave-mcclellan-all-the-men-he-asked_2865796.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_if-i-gave-mcclellan-all-the-men-he-asked_2865796.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/abraham-lincoln-88_civil-war_if-i-gave-mcclellan-all-the-men-he-asked_2865796.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If I gave McClellan all the men he asked for, they could not find room to lie down; they'd have to sleep…” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But to hear Kennedy when he was grandstanding in front of the McClellan Committee you might have thought I was making as much out of the pension fund as the Kennedys made out of selling whiskey.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jimmy Hoffa" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-hoffa/but-to-hear-kennedy-when-he-was-grandstanding-in-front-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/jimmy-hoffa-20485_committees_but-to-hear-kennedy-when-he-was-grandsta_1253359.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/jimmy-hoffa-20485_committees_but-to-hear-kennedy-when-he-was-grandsta_1253359.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/jimmy-hoffa-20485_committees_but-to-hear-kennedy-when-he-was-grandsta_1253359.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But to hear Kennedy when he was grandstanding in front of the McClellan Committee you might have thought I…” — Jimmy Hoffa", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. 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