Best William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
- The North can make a steam engine, locomotive or railway car; hardly a yard of cloth or a pair of shoes can you make. You… All
- You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! Civil War
- You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not… Appliances
- I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein. Chance
- I begin to regard the death and mangling of a couple thousand men as a small affair, a kind of morning dash-and it may be… Affair
- Wars are not all evil, they are part of the grand machinery by which this world is governed. All
- After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side. All
- The young bloods of the South; sons of planters, lawyers about towns, good billiard players and sportsmen, men who never did any work and never… All
- I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure… Any
- Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all hell! All
- I found so many Jews and speculators here trading in cotton, and secessionists had become so open in refusing anything but gold, that I have… All
- If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking. Answer
- I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes… Any
- 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… All
- 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… America
- War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. Bad Ass
- Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other. Civil War
- Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. Courage
- If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you. Choose
- 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… Camp
- Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster. Attempt
- If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. Elected
- I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers. Battle
- In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out. Class
- There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and… Argument