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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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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 SHERMAN

Battle Field Frame Have Kill Military Misspell Name Newspaper Think Understand
I 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 SHERMAN

Any Had Hand Know Make More Peace Sacrifice Secure Today War
War is at its best barbarism.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Barbarism Best One Liner War
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Beg Make Mercy Possible Severe Show South Symptom Try War Would
If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Difference Like Make Opinion People Solicit Vote
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Beg Christmas City Country Gift People Present You
Grant 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 SHERMAN

Crazy Drunk Each Grant Now Other Stand Stood
I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Camp Come Fact Hate Newspaper Pick Print Regret Rumor Spies Truth
My 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 SHERMAN

Aim Dread Fear Follow Humble Inmost Make Pride Rebel Recesses Whom
If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Army Eat Have Jeep Mule Sir Supply
You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Breakfast Dare Flea Lion Lip May Say Valliant Well You
War is hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Hell One Liner War
This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Arm Differ Feel Fight From Hand Hard Hostile Make Old Particular People Rich War Way Young
It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Aloud Blood Cry Fired Grain Hear More Neither Only Shot Those Vengeance Wound
An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Arm Army Collection Man Men Obey Obliged One
There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Boy Glory Hell Look Man Today War
In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Another Class Country Fight Leave Make Man Out War
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Elect Nit Nominate Run Serve
The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Better Class Howl Insane Lower Mean Stop Strata Them Try
The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Anyosy Crude Field Scene War
Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Begining Fear Wisdom
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Chosen Enemy Give Our Remedy Say They Want War
I 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 SHERMAN

All Fired Glory Groan Heard Moonshine Neither Only Shot Shriek Sick Those Try War
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Qualify Term War Will
There 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 SHERMAN

Argument Arm Between Canon Capital Come Contest Each Other Gun Labor Oppose Powder Soon
I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Earn Hold Rank Want
I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Answer Popularity Seek War Will

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