“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.”
Truth
“I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.”
WarAll Quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman
“There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.”
War“I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.”
War“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.”
Peace“War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.”
War“I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.”
Christmas“War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.”
War“War is at its best barbarism.”
War“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. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
Fear“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”
Courage“If nominated, I will not run if elected, I will not serve.”
Politics“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.”
War“War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.”
War“If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.”
War“The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.”
War“An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.”
Change“In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.”
War“War is hell.”
War“Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.”
War“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.”
Peace