Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANMy 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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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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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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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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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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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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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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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