87 Quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman

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.

People are deceived and drawn on step by step, till war, death and destruction are upon them.

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.

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

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

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.

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

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