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 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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, 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.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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 people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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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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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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.
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