“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.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
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Category: peace
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There is many a boy here today
“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Category: war
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My aim, then, was to whip the
“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.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Category: wisdom
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I hate newspapermen. They come into camp
“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
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Category: truth
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In our Country… one class of men
“In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Category: war
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My aim, then, was to whip the
“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.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Category: fear
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I am tired and sick of war.
“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.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Category: war
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Every attempt to make war easy and
“Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Category: war
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War is at its best barbarism.
“War is at its best barbarism.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Category: war
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In our Country… one class of men
“In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Category: men
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I know I had no hand in
“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.”
— William Tecumseh Sherman
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
Category: war
Tags: war, William Tecumseh Sherman