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

Quote by William Tecumseh Sherman

Topics: William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes

I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring...

I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring...

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 at its best barbarism.

War is at its best barbarism.

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he...

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.

If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I...

If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I...

War is hell.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.

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...

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...

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body...

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body...

This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but...

This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but...

I intend to make Georgia howl.

I intend to make Georgia howl.

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...

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...

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.