There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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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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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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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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