William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes & Sayings

39 most famous William Tecumseh Sherman quotes and sayings (soldier). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.”

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

“I intend to make Georgia howl.”

“Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.”

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

“I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.”

“I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.”

“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.”