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Letter "W" » William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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«War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.»
«It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.»
«If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.»
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
(General)
| About:
Defiance,
Individuality
| Keywords:
elected, nominate, nominated, nominating
«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.»
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
(General)
| Keywords:
breakfast, From Hell, reporter, reports, The Reporter
«Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster»
«You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. 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 peace.»
Author: William Tecumseh Sherman
(General)
| Keywords:
curses, harsher, pour, pour out, qualify, refine, sacrifices
«Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.»
«In our Country . . . one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.»
«Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.»
«If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking»
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