In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIt 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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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War is hell.
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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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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.
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