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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANThere 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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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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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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I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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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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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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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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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 make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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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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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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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