But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for anything. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

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.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years I would say the penitentiary thank-you.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

If nominated I will not accept if elected I will not serve.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

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

— William Tecumseh Sherman

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.

— William Tecumseh Sherman