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 SHERMANI make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon.
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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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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 nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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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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War is hell.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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