Author: William Tecumseh Sherman

Quotes

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

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

- William Tecumseh Sherman

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.

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

He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.

He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.

- William Tecumseh Sherman

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

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

- William Tecumseh Sherman

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

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

- William Tecumseh Sherman

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.

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

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

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

- William Tecumseh Sherman

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.

- William Tecumseh Sherman

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

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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