War is at its best barbarism.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANMy 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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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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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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 will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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War is hell.
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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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