William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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
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Author Details:
Type:
Soldier Quotes
Date of Birth:
February 8, 1820
Date of Death:
February 14, 1891
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Select William Tecumseh Sherman Quotations:
War is hell.
William Tecumseh Sherman
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
William Tecumseh Sherman
In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
William Tecumseh Sherman
War is at its best barbarism.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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
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
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
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All William Tecumseh Sherman Quotations:
A battery of field artillery is...
An Army is a collection of...
But, my dear sirs, when peace...
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the...
Every attempt to make war easy...
Grant stood by me when I...
He belonged to that army known...
I am tired and sick of...
I beg to present you as...
I hate newspapermen. They come into...
I intend to make Georgia howl.
I know I had no hand...
I make up my opinions from...
I think I understand what military...
I will accept no commission that...
I would make this war as...
If forced to choose between the...
If I had my choice I...
If nominated, I will not run...
If the people raise a great...
If you don't have my army...
In our Country... one class of...
It is only those who have...
It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
My aim then was to whip...
My aim, then, was to whip...
The scenes on this field would...
The voice of the people is...
There is many a boy here...
There will soon come an armed...
There's many a boy here today...
This war differs from other wars...
War is at its best barbarism.
War is cruelty. There is no...
War is hell.
War is the remedy that our...
War is too serious a matter...
You cannot qualify war in harsher...
You may as well say, 'That's...
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