More from William Tecumseh Sherman

  1. War is, at its best, barbarism.
  2. War is the remedy our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
  3. Vox populi, vox humbug!
  4. This war differs from other wars in this particular: We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make young and old, rich and…
  5. The scenes on this field would cure anyone of war.
  6. The legitimate object of war is a more perfect peace.
  7. The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capitol reminds me of two pelicans quarreling over a dead fish.
  8. 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…

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