War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is at its best barbarism.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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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 voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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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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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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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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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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.
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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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