War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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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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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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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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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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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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