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 SHERMANEvery change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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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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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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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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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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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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If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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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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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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