“The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.”
William Tecumseh Sherman“But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.”
William Tecumseh Sherman“If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.”
William Tecumseh Sherman“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”
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“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.”
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.”
William Tecumseh Sherman“I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.”
William Tecumseh Sherman“He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.”
William Tecumseh Sherman“In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.”
William Tecumseh Sherman