Quote #29
The legitimate object of war is a more perfect peace.
More from William Tecumseh Sherman
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- The scenes on this field would cure anyone of war.
- 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…
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- If you get blown up I don't care!
- Vox populi, vox humbug!
- If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
- War is the remedy our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.