"I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy."
― William Tecumseh Sherman
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War
More From William Tecumseh Sherman
- "But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter."
- "He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war."
- "The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war."
More In War
- "Another term for preventive war is aggressive war – starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition."― Ron Paul
- "It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake."― Margaret Thatcher
- "The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully."― Charles Evans Hughes