I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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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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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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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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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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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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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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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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There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon.
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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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