You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.'
William Tecumseh Sherman
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.
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War is hell.
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It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.
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If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking
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I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
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I intend to make Georgia howl.
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War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
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If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world but I am sure we would be getting reports from hell before breakfast.
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Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster
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You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.
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Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.
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In our Country... One class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
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I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.
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