The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANHe belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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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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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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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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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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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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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