I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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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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In our Country… one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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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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There’s many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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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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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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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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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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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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