There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANIn our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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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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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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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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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 hell.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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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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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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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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If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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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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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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