Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMANYou cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
More William Tecumseh Sherman Quotes
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If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.
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The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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War is hell.
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Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
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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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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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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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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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