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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
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 nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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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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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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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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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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