“ Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ 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 q… William Tecumseh Sherman
“ In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ 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. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ 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. William Tecumseh Sherman
“ If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking. William Tecumseh Sherman
