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William Tecumseh Sherman45 quotes“There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.”
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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.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman 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.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman 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 ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman 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 ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman 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 ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman 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.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
William Tecumseh ShermanWilliam Tecumseh Sherman There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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Mr. TMr. T If I am not, may God place me there; if I am, may God so keep me. I should be the saddest in all the world if I knew that I were not in the grace of God. But if I were in a state of sin.
Joan of ArcJoan of Arc If you assume you haven’t learned anything yet, there’s no reason your playing can’t stay dynamic all your life.
Jerry GarciaJerry Garcia We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
Jacques-Yves CousteauJacques-Yves Cousteau I wanted to talk about the apostles, the disciples and all that.
Mr. TMr. T Young Thug, he gave me all the jewels. He literally paid me to leave the neighborhood.
Lil BabyLil Baby I could talk all day, T stands for talking, T stands for tender, T stands for things that don’t even rhyme with T.
Mr. TMr. T The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
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