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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.

William Tecumseh Sherman

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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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Army Belong Invincible Known Peace War
The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Better Class Howl Insane Lower Mean Stop Strata Them Try
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Argument Arm Between Canon Capital Come Contest Each Other Gun Labor Oppose Powder Soon
The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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Humbug People Voice
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Aim Dread Fear Humble Inmost Make Pride Rebel Recesses Whip
I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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Answer Popularity Seek War Will
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Any Had Hand Know Make More Peace Sacrifice Secure Today War
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Camp Come Fact Hate Newspaper Pick Print Regret Rumor Spies Truth
Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Courage Danger Endure Measure Mental Perfect Sensibility Willingness
Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Crazy Drunk Each Grant Now Other Stand Stood
I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Accept Commission Country Create People Person Rivalry Tend Would
I intend to make Georgia howl.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Country Howl Intent Make People Peron
It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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Disagreeable Thing Whip
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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Aloud Blood Cry Fired Grain Hear More Neither Only Shot Those Vengeance Wound
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Beg Christmas City Country Gift People Present You
A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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Artillery Battery Field Worth
If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Between Choose First Four Ghouse Penitentiary Say Thank White Year You
War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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Leave Matter Serious Soldier Too War
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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Against Any Call Come Cracker Danger Dear Family Last Peace Quater Share Sir Thing Watch
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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Cruelty Over Reform Sooner True Try Use War
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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All Boy Glory Hell Many Today Took War
I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Boy Fact From Like Make Myself Opinion People Reasoning Suit
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 SHERMAN

Before Breakfast Choice Every Hell Kill Report Reporter Sure World
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Against Cruelty Great Howl People Share
Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

Army Change Every Impair Principle Rule Weaken
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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Breakfast Dare Flea Lion Lip May Say Valliant Well You
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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Qualify Term War Will

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