William Tecumseh Sherman

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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 am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
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.
He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war.
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.
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
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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