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 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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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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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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If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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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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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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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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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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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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