If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANMy 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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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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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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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War is hell.
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