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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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William Tecumseh Sherman
Age: 71 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 8
Died: 1891
Died: February 14
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We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.
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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance.
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I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein.
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After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.
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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.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak violence upon South Carolina. I almost tremble for her fate.
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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.
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Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all hell!
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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.
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There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see that in the end you will surely fail.
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You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm.
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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. You can bear this warning voice to generations yet to come. I look upon war with horror.
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We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals.
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It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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 little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.
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