An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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.
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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.
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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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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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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 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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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself.
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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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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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War is at its best barbarism.
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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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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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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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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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