I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIf nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIn our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANEvery attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANGrant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThe voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThere will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIf the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANMy aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANYou may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN