War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThe voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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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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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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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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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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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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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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