Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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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.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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 make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
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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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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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 cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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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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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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