War is hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANWar is at its best barbarism.
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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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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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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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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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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 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.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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