Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANFear is the beginning of wisdom.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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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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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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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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