If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI 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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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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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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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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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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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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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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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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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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