If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
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. Read Summary
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom. Read Summary
There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon. The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them. Read Summary
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking. Read Summary
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. Read Summary
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah. Read Summary
I intend to make Georgia howl. Read Summary
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. Read Summary
I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes. Read Summary
He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war. Read Summary
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell. Read Summary
Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other. Read Summary
If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast. Read Summary
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it. Read Summary
I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers. Read Summary
A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets. Read Summary
You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. Read Summary
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. Read Summary