“It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is 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. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.”
FearAll Quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman
“I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.”
War“The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.”
War“War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.”
War“Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.”
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“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“If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.”
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“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“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“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.”
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“War is at its best barbarism.”
War“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”
Courage“In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.”
War“There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.”
War“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 cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.”
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