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 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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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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War is hell.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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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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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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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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