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War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.
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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I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.
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This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.
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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
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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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We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux, even to their extermination, men, women and children... during an assault, the soldiers cannot pause to distinguish between male and female, or even discriminate as to age.
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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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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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You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm.
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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. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war you don't know what you're talking about.
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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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An army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every enactment, every change of rule which impairs this principle weakens the army, impairs its value, and defeats the very object of its existence.
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War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.
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Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all hell!
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We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals.
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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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