If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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- An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
- Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
- 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.