He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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 beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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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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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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War is 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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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.
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