There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThe scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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 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 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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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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 intend to make Georgia howl.
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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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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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 want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I 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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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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