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Quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman
- 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.
- I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
- 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.
- I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
- I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
- If nominated, I will not run if elected, I will not serve.
- If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
- In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
- 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.
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