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William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Soldier
Nationality: American
Born: February 8, 1820
Died: February 14, 1891

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War is hell.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
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In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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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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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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Aim, Beginning, Dread, Fear, Follow, Humble, Inmost, Make, Pride, Their, Them, Then, Us, Whip, Wisdom