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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThe scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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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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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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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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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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