William T. Sherman

Quotes by William T. Sherman

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United States Army general · 1820–1891

United States Army general (1820–1891)

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“Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.”

“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but boys it is all hell.”

“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but boys it is all hell.”

“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but boys it is all hell.”

“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but boys it is all hell.”

“(Courage) a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it.”

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“Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.”
— William T. Sherman
comradeship friendship loyalty

“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 T. Sherman
war

“These men flocked to the plains, and were rather stimulated than retarded by the danger of an Indian war. This was another potent agency in producing the result we enjoy to-day, in having in so sho...”
— William T. Sherman, Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman
indians manifest-destiny plains racism

“Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.”
— General William T. Sherman
commitment belief

“(Courage) a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it.”
— William T. Sherman
courage bravery

“Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it.”
— General William T. Sherman
courage

“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but boys it is all hell.”
— General William T. Sherman
realistic expectations

“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but boys it is all hell.”
— William T. Sherman
war

“(Courage) a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it.”
— William T. Sherman
courage bravery

“Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it.”
— General William T. Sherman
courage

“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but boys it is all hell.”
— General William T. Sherman
realistic expectations

“There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but boys it is all hell.”
— William T. Sherman
war