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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.
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'm a damned sight smarter than Grant I know more about organization, supply and administration and about everything else than he does but I'll tell you where he beats me and where he beats the world. He don't care a damn for what the enemy does out of his sight but it scares me like hell.
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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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An army to be useful must be a unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon, but doubtless spoken before the days of Alexander, that an army with an inefficient commander was better than one with two able heads.
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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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I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.
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The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of 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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If nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve.
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I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.
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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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The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capital reminds me of two pelicans quarreling over a dead fish.
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