If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

Quote by William Tecumseh Sherman

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

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

An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change...

An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change...

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of...

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of...

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

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

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

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

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will...

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will...

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is,...

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is,...

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them...

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them...

War is at its best barbarism.

War is at its best barbarism.

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I...

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I...

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of...

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of...

But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any...

But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any...

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but,...

There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but,...

There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each...

There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each...

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and...

It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and...

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

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

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

He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.

He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.

War is hell.