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 SHERMANGrant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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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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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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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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You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.
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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 make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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 want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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