Author: William Tecumseh Sherman

Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

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

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

Similar Authors: