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I intend to make Georgia howl.

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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William T. Sherman
General Sherman
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I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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If nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve.
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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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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.
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In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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If nominated, I won't run If elected, I won't serve.
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I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a view to perfect an early success.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir.
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I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come-if alive.
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You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war you don't know what you're talking about.
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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.
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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.
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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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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 going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it. Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them?
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You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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I think I understand what military fame is to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
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Hold the fort! I am coming!
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We cannot change the hearts of the people of the South, but we can make war so terrible that they will realize the fact that however brave and gallant and devoted to their country still they are mortal and should exhaust all peaceful remedies before they fly to war.
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