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William Tecumseh Sherman

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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.


— William Tecumseh Sherman


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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.


— William Tecumseh Sherman


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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.


— William Tecumseh Sherman


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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.


— William Tecumseh Sherman


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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.


— William Tecumseh Sherman


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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.


— William Tecumseh 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.


— William Tecumseh Sherman


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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.


— William Tecumseh Sherman


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In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.


— William Tecumseh Sherman


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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.


— William Tecumseh Sherman


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About William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes




Did you know about William Tecumseh Sherman?

He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65) for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. When Grant assumed the U. Grant in 1862 and 1863 during the campaigns that led to the fall of the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River and culminated with the routing of the Confederate armies in the state of Tennessee.

Sherman's subsequent march through Georgia and the Carolinas further undermined the Confederacy's ability to continue fighting. S. Military historian B.

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