I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANEvery attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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.
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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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