The government of the United States had no right to interfer... - William Tecumseh Sherman

"The government of the United States had no right to interfere with the slavery question."

William Tecumseh Sherman Truth

Military General American 1820–1891

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"War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it."

"I am tired and sick of war."

"You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will."

"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but boys, it is all hell."

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!"

"You must always be honest with the people you love."

"Truth always comes out in the end."

"Honesty is always the best policy."