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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
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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.
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If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
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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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...[We] must stop these swarms of Jews who are trading, bartering and robbing.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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 may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.
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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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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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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.
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War is at best barbarism.
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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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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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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
He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
William Tecumseh Sherman
A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
William Tecumseh Sherman
You people speak so lightly of war you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing!
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