“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.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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Category: war
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“I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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Category: war
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“But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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“The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Author: 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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“He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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“If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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Category: politics
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“War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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“War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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“War is hell.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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“Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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