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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThe better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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 make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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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 would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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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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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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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 people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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