William Tecumseh Sherman1820–1891The quotations of
William Tecumseh Sherman
United States Army general
1820–1891
7 quotes, most often on War & Peace.
- Telegraph to Abraham Lincoln (December 1864), as quoted in Southern Storm: Sherman’s March to the Sea (2008), by Noah Andre Trudeau, New York: HarperCollins, p. 508.
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
Memoirs of General W.T. Sherman (1889)You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war.
Letter to the City of Atlanta (September 1864)- Letter to Major R.M. Sawyer (31 January 1864), from Vicksburg.
- Letter to the City of Atlanta (September 1864)
- Letter to Major R.M. Sawyer (31 January 1864), from Vicksburg.
I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.
Telegram sent to General Henderson in 1884, refusing to run in the United States presidential election of that year. As quoted in Sherman’s Memoirs, 4th ed. 1891
