If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIt 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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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War is hell.
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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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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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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 voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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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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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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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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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