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

Though I never ordered it, and never wished for it, I have never shed any tears over the event, because I believe that it hastened what we all fought for, the end of the war.

We cannot change the hearts of the people of the South, but we can make war so terrible that they will realize the fact that however brave and gallant and devoted to their country still they are mortal and should exhaust all peaceful remedies before they fly to war.

The only good Indian is a dead Indian

The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance.

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

You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.