You may as well say, ‘That’s a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANMy 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.
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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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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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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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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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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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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War is at its best barbarism.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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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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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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If you don’t have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we’ll eat your mules up, sir.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.
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