William Tecumseh Sherman Military Quotations

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

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.

An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

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

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.

War is cruel and you cannot refine it.

Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all hell!