William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author.
War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want. Use this quote
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. Use this quote
This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war. Use this quote
War is at its best barbarism. Use this quote
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell. Use this quote
War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers. Use this quote
