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William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes


An American soldier, businessman, educator and author.
William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. Military historian B. H. Liddell Hart famously declared that Sherman was "the first modern general."

Here are some famous quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman.

If nominated I will not run; if elected I will not serve.

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If nominated I will not accept; if elected I will not serve.

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

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

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Courage is a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger and a mental willingness to endure it.

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If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years I would say the penitentiary thank you.