He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in 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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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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 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.
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
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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 would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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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 want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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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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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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