William T. Sherman Quotes

#1. War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them
all they want.

William T. Sherman

#2. Wagons to move the camp of a regiment from one place to another, and some of the camps had bakeries and cooking establishments that would have done credit to Delmonico.

William T. Sherman

#3. You might as well appeal against a thunderstorm as against these terrible hardships of war. War is cruelty, there is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

William T. Sherman

#4. War is cruelty. You can't refine it.

William T. Sherman

#5. Then, as now, neatness in dress and form, with a strict conformity to the rules, were the qualifications required for office, and I suppose I was found not to excel in any of these.

William T. Sherman

#6. There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.

William T. Sherman

#7. I think I know what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

William T. Sherman

#8. I hereby state, and mean all that I say, that I never have been and never will be a candidate for President; that if nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline; and even if unanimously elected I should decline to serve.

William T. Sherman

#9. The American press is a shame and a reproach to a civilized people. When a man is too lazy to work and too cowardly to steal, he becomes an editor and manufactures public opinion.

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#10. General Polk, who was dignified and corpulent, walked back slowly, not wishing to appear too hurried or cautious in the presence of the men, and was struck across the breast by an unexploded shell, which killed him instantly.

William T. Sherman

#11. Never give reasons for what you think or do until you must. Maybe after a while, a better reason will pop into your head.

William T. Sherman

#12. 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.

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#13. 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.

William T. Sherman

#14. In treading upon the ashes of dead men in Italy, Egypt - on the banks of the Bosphorus, one almost despairs to think how idle are the dreams and toils of this life, and were it not for the intellectual pleasure of knowing and learning, one would almost be damaged by travel in these historic lands.

William T. Sherman

#15. Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.

William T. Sherman