"I would make this war as severe as……" — William Tecumseh Sherman
"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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William Tecumseh Sherman
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71 Quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman
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War is at best barbarism. Its glory is all moonshine...War is hell.
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There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
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War is cruel and you cannot refine it.
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I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would…
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You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm.
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...[We] must stop these swarms of Jews who are trading, bartering and robbing.
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those…
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I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting — its glory is all moonshine; even success…
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An army to be useful must be a unit, and out of this has grown the saying, attributed to Napoleon,…
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I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war…
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A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets.
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The only good Indian is a dead Indian
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More Begs Quotes
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There is some kiss we want with your whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the…
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Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.
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A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover.
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Everybody wants life to speak to them with special kindness. Every personal story begs to be steered toward reverie, toward…
— Darin Strauss
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A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself…
— Isaac of Nineveh
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The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.
— Merle Shain
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Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own…
— Jack Vance
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See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on Heav'n…
— Alexander Pope
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Are you kidding? I'm a terrible cook, but John is a really great one. Literally, I never cook. The whole…
— Rebecca Romijn
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In the family, life is brought not only to our doorstep, but into our kitchens, bedrooms, and dens. In the…
— Paul David Tripp
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An old art spreading rumours about / Paradise, it begs outside the gates / Of the gods: the active gods…
— Peter Porter
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It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is, when tomorrow's…
— George MacDonald
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