I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThere is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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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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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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War is hell.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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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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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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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 scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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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 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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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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