I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThere is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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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 cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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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 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.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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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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 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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN