William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes About History
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We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to 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.
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I'm a damned sight smarter than Grant; I know more about organization, supply and administration and about everything else than he does; but I'll tell you where he beats me and where he beats the world. He don't care a damn for what the enemy does out of his sight but it scares me like hell.
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Though I never ordered it, and never wished for it, I have never shed any tears over the event, because I believe that it hastened what we all fought for, the end of the war.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
- Born: February 8, 1820
- Died: February 14, 1891
- Occupation: U.S. General