Tag: William Tecumseh Sherman
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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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.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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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.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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War is at its best barbarism.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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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.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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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.
William Tecumseh Sherman