I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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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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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 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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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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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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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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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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