The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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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 nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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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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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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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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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