“In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.”
War
“War is at its best barbarism.”
WarAll Quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman
“War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.”
War“I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.”
Christmas“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“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.”
War“He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.”
Peace“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“This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.”
War“War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.”
War“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”
Courage“War is at its best barbarism.”
War“The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.”
War“There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.”
War“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“If nominated, I will not run if elected, I will not serve.”
Politics“War is hell.”
War“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.”
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