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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIf 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.
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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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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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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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 nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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 beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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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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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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