The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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Courage – a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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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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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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If people don’t like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don’t solicit their opinions or votes.
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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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 nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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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 think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
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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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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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