You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIt’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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War is hell.
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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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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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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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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 voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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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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