If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThere’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon.
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I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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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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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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