You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. — Quoted

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“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.”

William Tecumseh Sherman · War

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William Tecumseh Sherman

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William Tecumseh Sherman

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.

Fear

William Tecumseh Sherman

I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.

War

William Tecumseh Sherman

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

Christmas