He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war. -William Tecumseh Sherman War
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 Truth
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 War
In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out. -William Tecumseh Sherman Men
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 Peace
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. -William Tecumseh Sherman Courage
War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. -William Tecumseh Sherman War
He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war. -William Tecumseh Sherman Peace
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 War
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy. -William Tecumseh Sherman War
There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell. -William Tecumseh Sherman War
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. -William Tecumseh Sherman War
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 Fear
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 War
In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out. -William Tecumseh Sherman War
