I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThere is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all 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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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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.
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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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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.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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