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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThis war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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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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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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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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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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My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
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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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