Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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War is hell.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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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 people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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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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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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