War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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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War is at its best barbarism.
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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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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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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War is hell.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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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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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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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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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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