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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Camp Come Fact Hate Newspaper Pick Print Regret Rumor Spies Truth
It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Disagreeable Thing Whip
War is hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Hell One Liner War
You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Breakfast Dare Flea Lion Lip May Say Valliant Well You
Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Army Change Every Impair Principle Rule Weaken
I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Answer Popularity Seek War Will
If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Army Eat Have Jeep Mule Sir Supply
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Beg Christmas City Country Gift People Present You
War is at its best barbarism.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Barbarism Best One Liner War
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Aloud Blood Cry Fired Grain Hear More Neither Only Shot Those Vengeance Wound
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Arm Differ Feel Fight From Hand Hard Hostile Make Old Particular People Rich War Way Young
I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Earn Hold Rank Want
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Beg Make Mercy Possible Severe Show South Symptom Try War Would
Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Courage Danger Endure Measure Mental Perfect Sensibility Willingness
If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Before Breakfast Choice Every Hell Kill Report Reporter Sure World
Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Begining Fear Wisdom
I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Battle Field Frame Have Kill Military Misspell Name Newspaper Think Understand
If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Between Choose First Four Ghouse Penitentiary Say Thank White Year You
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 SHERMAN

Aim Dread Fear Follow Humble Inmost Make Pride Rebel Recesses Whom
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Against Cruelty Great Howl People Share
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 SHERMAN

Aim Dread Fear Humble Inmost Make Pride Rebel Recesses Whip
War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Cruelty Over Reform Sooner True Try Use War
There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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All Boy Glory Hell Look Man Today War
I intend to make Georgia howl.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Country Howl Intent Make People Peron
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Chosen Enemy Give Our Remedy Say They Want War
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Attempt Disaster Easy Every Humilation Make Result Safe
The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Better Class Howl Insane Lower Mean Stop Strata Them Try

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