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 SHERMANEvery attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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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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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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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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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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War is hell.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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