War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANI 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 intend to make Georgia howl.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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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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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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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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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 want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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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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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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