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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 knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come-if alive.
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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 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 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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My 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. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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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 nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve.
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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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I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.
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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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