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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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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
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
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
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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Attempt Disaster Easy Every Humilation Make Result Safe
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
War is hell.
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Hell One Liner 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
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
War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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Leave Matter Serious Soldier Too War
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
The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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Anyosy Crude Field Scene War
It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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Disagreeable Thing Whip
An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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Arm Army Collection Man Men Obey Obliged One
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
Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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Begining Fear Wisdom
I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Boy Fact From Like Make Myself Opinion People Reasoning Suit
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
If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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Elect Nit Nominate Run Serve
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
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
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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Battle Field Frame Have Kill Military Misspell Name Newspaper Think Understand
I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.
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Camp Come Fact Hate Newspaper Pick Print Regret Rumor Spies Truth
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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Against Cruelty Great Howl People Share
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
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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Arm Differ Feel Fight From Hand Hard Hostile Make Old Particular People Rich War Way Young
A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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Artillery Battery Field Worth
The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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Humbug People Voice

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