Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANGrant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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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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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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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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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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 the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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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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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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