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When one professes [courage] too openly, by words or bearing, there is reason to mistrust it.

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) American military leader and author
Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman, ch. 25 (1875)

I would define true courage to be a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to incur it.

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) American military leader and author
Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman, ch. 25 (1875)

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity-seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war.

William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) American military leader and author
Letter to Gen. Henry W. Halleck (4 Sep 1864)