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 SHERMANThere is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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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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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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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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War is hell.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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