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.
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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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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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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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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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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If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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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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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 make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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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 hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.
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War is hell.
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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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