William Tecumseh Sherman War Quotes

What did William Tecumseh Sherman say about War?

William Tecumseh Sherman has written many quotes about War. E.g.,

• This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
• War is at its best barbarism.
• I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.

What are the top most famous War quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman?

Here are the top most famous quotes about War by William Tecumseh Sherman.

• This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
• War is at its best barbarism.
• I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
• It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.
• There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
• War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
• If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
• You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.