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There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell. You can bear this warning voice to generations yet to come. I look upon war with horror.
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, I won't run If elected, I won't serve.
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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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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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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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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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It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.
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...[We] must stop these swarms of Jews who are trading, bartering and robbing.
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