It’s a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANYou 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 is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
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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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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War is hell.
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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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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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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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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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Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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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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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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