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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.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
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Arm Differ Feel Fight From Hand Hard Hostile Make Old Particular People Rich War Way Young
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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Camp Come Fact Hate Newspaper Pick Print Regret Rumor Spies Truth
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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Qualify Term War Will
War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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Leave Matter Serious Soldier Too War
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Aloud Blood Cry Fired Grain Hear More Neither Only Shot Those Vengeance Wound
The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Humbug People Voice
He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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Army Belong Invincible Known Peace War
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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Any Had Hand Know Make More Peace Sacrifice Secure Today War
If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Difference Like Make Opinion People Solicit Vote
I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Accept Commission Country Create People Person Rivalry Tend Would
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Aim Dread Fear Follow Humble Inmost Make Pride Rebel Recesses Whom
If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Between Choose First Four Ghouse Penitentiary Say Thank White Year You
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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Against Cruelty Great Howl People Share
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

All Boy Glory Hell Many Today Took War
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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All Chosen Enemy Give Our Remedy Say They Want War
There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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All Boy Glory Hell Look Man Today War

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