89 result(s) for William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes.
"War is hell."
"In our country... one class of people make war and leave another to fight it out."
"An army to be useful must be a unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon, but doubtless spoken before, 'that an army travels on its stomach'."
"I will be slow to change, but from this day on, I will fight no more forever."
"War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle."
"Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it."
"You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm as against these terrible hardships of war."
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"If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it."
"I can handle things I'm not proud of."
"The miserable victims of my sword will get no tears from me, but all the help I can give them, if they do not force me to make my road-way at their expense."
"There and then we will give them a little serenade."
"I would wring the last drop of blood from the hearts of our enemies."
"I am tired and sick of war. War is barbaric, desolate and should be a last resort."
"In our country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out."
"Not only must we fight to defeat our enemy, we must also discredit them, demoralize them."
"Until we can repopulate the South, it is impossible for us to sustain a war."
"You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it."
"Peace is an extension of war by political means."
"The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on."
"Without some punishment, there can be no government, peace; your enemies – cannot, you must cow them. This you can do by making them lie under your foot."
"I am satisfied, and have been all the time, that the problem of war is upon us, and we cannot escape it. We must go to the battle, sacrifice, and conquer, or fail and submit to unendurable humiliation."
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"The more space you own, the more you need to defend."
"An army will fight for those who ensure protection, equality, and fairness, not for forcing the subjugation of others."
"It’s better to die on the battlefield for freedom, than to live a life in chains."
"War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."
"In our country we say that war is too important to be left to the generals. When it is all over a people reenlist, saying we did our part."
"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
"An army to be useful must be a unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon, but doubtless spoken before... 'An army with an inefficient commander is better than one with two able heads.'"
"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."
"I am satisfied, now, that spies are all around me."
"Without communication, in a war sense, the position of every army is a dangerous one."
"The habit of ignoring nature is deeply implanted in our times. It shows itself in the loss of taste for natural beauty, it shows itself in the loss of originality in art."
"If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking."
"I can handle things I'm smart - like engaging in total war."
"You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out."
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"Some of the people who lived through the Civil War might not forget that they knew once before how it was to be as hungry as that."
"My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their innermost recesses, and to make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom."
"The civil war will never be forgotten, for even today, its consequences are still felt."
"I regard the destruction of the armies and the resources of the South as the only salvation of the Union."
"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."
"If the people raise a howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking."
"I am satisfied, and have been all the time, that the problem of war is not whether we can whip the enemy, but whether we can win his country."
"An army to be useful must be a unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon, but doubtless spoken before him, 'Take care of the troops first, and let the troops take care of the enemy.'"
"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."
"No purity of silver can atone for the treachery of lead."
"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say give them all they want."
"I can make this march, and make Georgia howl!"
"There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."
"Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it."
"You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home is to stop the war."
"Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster."
"War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."
"If nominated I will not run, if elected I will not serve."
"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."
"I will make Georgia howl!"
"In our country... one class of men make large fortunes, and five classes make large armies."
"An army of a thousand would be too small to track down a tribe of Indians."
"I am winging my flight back to Saint Louis, so do not cling to me.. It is better for you to remain here for without me there to protect you you may come to harm."
"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."
"I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace."
"Some of you young men think that the are smarter than to fight. We will be the judge of that."
"In time of actual war, great nations and little are marked, like great men and little, by their ability to act."
"There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but boys, it is all hell."
"I'll tell you what war is. War is a miasma of confusion, treachery, and death. It's chaos incarnate. It smashes hopes, shatters dreams, obliterate pure thoughts. War is pure evil and I know what I'm talking about."
"You might as well appeal against a thunderstorm as against these terrible hardships of war."
"Cruel as war is, it has its glory too... Without it, there could be no raw heroism, no inspiring actions."
"The legitimate object of war is a more perfect peace."
"I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers."
"I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes."
"I will be able to bear it better because I will write a book about it. And if the worst happens, I shall be one of the many who will, illustrating the truth of the saying, that the dead, too, has their tale."
"War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it."
"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast."
"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."
"In our country... one class of men make war and leave another to fight it out."
"An army is a nation within a nation; it is one of the vices of our age."
"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want."
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend."
"I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."
"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."
"I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy."
"If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity-seeking."
"I know that war is one of the most dangerous kinds of human endeavor."
"You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war."
"I feel like the archbishop of Canterbury must throughout the war"
"The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth."
"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all Hell."
"I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts."
"War is the remedy our enemies have chosen. And I say let us give them all they want."
"The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it."
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