I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANAn Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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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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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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War is hell.
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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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If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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