I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.
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War is hell.
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You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
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I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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