I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIf forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
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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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War is hell.
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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 at its best barbarism.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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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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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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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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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN