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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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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
Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Begining Fear Wisdom
Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Army Change Every Impair Principle Rule Weaken
If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Between Choose First Four Ghouse Penitentiary Say Thank White Year You
War is at its best barbarism.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Barbarism Best One Liner War
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
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 the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Against Cruelty Great Howl People Share
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
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 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
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Boy Glory Hell Many Today Took 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
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
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
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

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