The legitimate object of war is a more perfect peace.

William Tecumseh Sherman · Speech at St. Louis (July 20, 1865)

War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.

William Tecumseh Sherman · The source reads: “You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it: and those who brought war into our Country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.” · Letter to James M. Calhoun, mayor of Atlanta (September 12, 1864)

War is all hell.

William Tecumseh Sherman · The source reads: “There is many a boy here to-day who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.”

Hold the fort! I am coming!

Attributed to William Tecumseh Sherman · Signal from Kennesaw Mountain to General Corse at Allatoona Pass (October 5, 1864)

More Political Quotes

I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear.

Margaret Chase Smith · The source reads: “The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I don't want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear.” · Declaration of Conscience, U.S. Senate (June 1, 1950)