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In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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William Tecumseh Sherman
Age: 71 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 8
Died: 1891
Died: February 14
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If nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve.
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After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
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You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end.
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Hold the fort! I am coming!
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You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it. Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them?
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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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I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein.
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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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You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm.
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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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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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Though I never ordered it, and never wished for it, I have never shed any tears over the event, because I believe that it hastened what we all fought for, the end of the war.
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I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.
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