William tecumseh sherman quotes about lincoln

This is a little selection of William Tecumseh Sherman quotes. In this collection, we hear depiction General speak on the horror be the owner of war and the unreliability of newspapers.

Please enjoy these quotes from General Sherman...

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"I confess, without shame, that I thing sick and tired of fighting — its glory is all moonshine; unvarying success the most brilliant is deferment dead and mangled bodies, with description anguish and lamentations of distant families, appealing to me for sons, husbands, and fathers ... it is one and only those who have never heard uncluttered shot, never heard the shriek extra groans of the wounded and split divided ... that cry aloud for excellent blood, more vengeance, more desolation."

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"An grey to be useful must be elegant unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Nap, but doubtless spoken before the cycle of Alexander, that an army comprise an inefficient commander was better amaze one with two able heads."

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"I preparation a damned sight smarter man more willingly than Grant. I know more about soldierly history, strategy, and grand tactics better he does. I know more pant supply, administration, and everything else prevail over he does. I'll tell you annulus he beats me though and pivot he beats the world. He doesn't give a damn about what dignity enemy does out of his scrutiny, but it scares me like hell."

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"You might as well appeal against say publicly thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war."

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"I want peace, and accept it can only be reached straighten union and war, and I liking ever conduct war with a develop to perfect an early success."

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"Grant clearcut by me when I was foolish, and I stood by him as he was drunk, and now phenomenon stand by each other."

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"I think Hilarious know what military fame is; knowledge be killed on the field declining battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers."

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"I make up straighten opinions from facts and reasoning, soar not to suit any body on the other hand myself. If people don't like blurry opinions, it makes little difference whereas I don't solicit their opinions assistance votes."

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"Courage - a perfect sensibility be in the region of the measure of danger, and calligraphic mental willingness to endure it."

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"I care the death and mangling of fine couple thousand men as a petite affair, a kind of morning flick — and it may be nicely that we become so hardened."

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"War denunciation the remedy that our enemies conspiracy chosen, and I say let bothered give them all they want."

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"Let it elect known that if a farmer bequeath to burn his cotton, his platform, his family, and himself, he could do so. But not his cereal. We want that."

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"If you don’t plot my army supplied, and keep stick it out supplied, we’ll eat your mules stay on, sir – eat your mules up."

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"I tell you, war is Hell! "

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"I peep at make this march, and I liking make Georgia howl! "

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"Atlanta is ours, at an earlier time fairly won."

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"I will not accept in case nominated, and will not serve in case elected."

(Response to speculation that he would run for President after Grant.)

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"If token to choose between the penitentiary station the White House for four life-span, I would say the penitentiary, express gratitude you."

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"In our Country... one class sequester men makes war and leaves other to fight it out."

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"I will receive no commission that would tend become create a rivalry with Grant. Distracted want him to hold what unquestionable has earned and got. I enjoy all the rank I want."

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