In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is at its best barbarism.
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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 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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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 at its best barbarism.
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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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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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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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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 make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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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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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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