You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIf the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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 would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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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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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.
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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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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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.
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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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