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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.
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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We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.
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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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At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will but stop and think, they must see that in the end you will surely fail.
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
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