War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.
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.
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.
In our Country... one class of men makes war and leaves another to fight it out.
War is hell.
The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war.
War is at its best barbarism.
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.
There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.
I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.
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.
War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
If nominated, I will not run if elected, I will not serve.
Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.
There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.
I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy.
War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.