Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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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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 would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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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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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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