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. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast.
—William Tecumseh Sherman
Topics: News
I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
—William Tecumseh Sherman
Topics: Fame
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.
—William Tecumseh Sherman
Topics: Vengeance
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
—William Tecumseh Sherman
Topics: Politics
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.
—William Tecumseh Sherman
Topics: War, Peace
I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
—William Tecumseh Sherman
Topics: Courage, Bravery, Difficulty
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but boys, it is all hell.
—William Tecumseh Sherman
Topics: Realistic Expectations, Glory
If I was forced to choose between the penitentiary and White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
—William Tecumseh Sherman
Topics: Politics, Politicians
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
—William Tecumseh Sherman
Topics: Commitment, Dedication, Realistic Expectations
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