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.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANCourage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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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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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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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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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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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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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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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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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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