The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIf you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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War is hell.
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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 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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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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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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 too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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 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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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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