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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.
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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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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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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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 intend to make Georgia howl.
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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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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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