William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.”

“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.”

“A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.”

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

“The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.”

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

“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.”

“I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.”

“If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.”

“The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.”