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.

Quote by William Tecumseh Sherman

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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...

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...

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...

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...

I intend to make Georgia howl.

I intend to make Georgia howl.

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules...

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules...

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...

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

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

It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.

It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.

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...

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only...

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only...

War is hell.

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print...

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print...

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...

You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on...

You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on...

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

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.

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer...

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer...

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

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