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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug. — William Tecumseh Sherman

I intend to make Georgia howl. — William Tecumseh Sherman

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir. — William Tecumseh Sherman

War is cruelty. You can't refine it. — William T. Sherman

There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell. — William Tecumseh Sherman

We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it. — William Tecumseh Sherman

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah. — William Tecumseh Sherman

I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a view to perfect an early success. — William Tecumseh Sherman

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. — William Tecumseh Sherman

[We] must stop these swarms of Jews who are trading, bartering and robbing. — William Tecumseh Sherman

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking. — William Tecumseh Sherman

The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance. — William Tecumseh Sherman

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. — William Tecumseh Sherman

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. — William Tecumseh Sherman

Oh, it is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization. — William Tecumseh Sherman

I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy. — William Tecumseh Sherman

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. — William Tecumseh Sherman

Grant stood by me when I was crazy ... — William Tecumseh Sherman

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you. — William Tecumseh Sherman

The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capital reminds me of two pelicans quarreling over a dead fish. — William Tecumseh Sherman

After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side. — William Tecumseh Sherman

War is at its best barbarism. — William Tecumseh Sherman

The only good Indian is a dead Indian — William Tecumseh Sherman

War is at best barbarism. Its glory is all moonshine ... War is hell. — William Tecumseh Sherman

It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped. — William Tecumseh Sherman

I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein. — William Tecumseh Sherman

Wars are not all evil, they are part of the grand machinery by which this world is governed. — William Tecumseh Sherman

You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! — William Tecumseh Sherman

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other. — William T. Sherman

He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war. — William Tecumseh Sherman

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. — William T. Sherman

Hold the fort! I am coming! — William Tecumseh Sherman

War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them
all they want. — William T. Sherman

I think I know what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers. — William T. Sherman

We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals. — William Tecumseh Sherman

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets. — William Tecumseh Sherman

War is hell." - William Tecumseh Sherman "Sherman was totally my bitch." - War — Larissa Ione

War is at best barbarism. — William Tecumseh Sherman

I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come-if alive. — William Tecumseh Sherman

There's many a boy here today that looks on war as all glory, but boys, it is all hell.

General William T. Sherman, Address, 1880 — John Podlaski

Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all hell! — William Tecumseh Sherman

The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak violence upon South Carolina. I almost tremble for her fate. — William Tecumseh Sherman

War is cruel and you cannot refine it. — William Tecumseh Sherman

In our Country ... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out. — William Tecumseh Sherman

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

You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. — William T. Sherman

War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace. — William Tecumseh Sherman

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers. — William Tecumseh Sherman

Never give reasons for what you think or do until you must. Maybe after a while, a better reason will pop into your head. — William T. Sherman

The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war. — William Tecumseh Sherman