If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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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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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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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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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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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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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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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 the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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