War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
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Having to choose between the White House and the penitentiary, I'd choose the penitentiary.William Tecumseh Sherman
I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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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War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.
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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.
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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
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