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 SHERMANI think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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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 intend to make Georgia howl.
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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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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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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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I 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.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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