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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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Courage Danger Endure Measure Mental Perfect Sensibility Willingness
In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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Another Class Country Fight Leave Make Man Out War
Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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Begining Fear Wisdom
I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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Accept Commission Country Create People Person Rivalry Tend Would
If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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Difference Like Make Opinion People Solicit Vote
Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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Crazy Drunk Each Grant Now Other Stand Stood
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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Aim Dread Fear Humble Inmost Make Pride Rebel Recesses Whip
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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Breakfast Dare Flea Lion Lip May Say Valliant Well You
The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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Anyosy Crude Field Scene War
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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Qualify Term War Will
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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Argument Arm Between Canon Capital Come Contest Each Other Gun Labor Oppose Powder Soon
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 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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Before Breakfast Choice Every Hell Kill Report Reporter Sure World
I intend to make Georgia howl.
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Country Howl Intent Make People Peron
War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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Leave Matter Serious Soldier Too War
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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Against Any Call Come Cracker Danger Dear Family Last Peace Quater Share Sir Thing Watch
The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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Better Class Howl Insane Lower Mean Stop Strata Them Try
A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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Artillery Battery Field Worth
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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Beg Christmas City Country Gift People Present You
I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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All Earn Hold Rank Want
War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
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Cruelty Over Reform Sooner True Try Use War
Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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Army Change Every Impair Principle Rule Weaken
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
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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Aloud Blood Cry Fired Grain Hear More Neither Only Shot Those Vengeance Wound
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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Between Choose First Four Ghouse Penitentiary Say Thank White Year You
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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Elect Nit Nominate Run Serve
If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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Army Eat Have Jeep Mule Sir Supply

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