“War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it. The more cruel it is, the shorter it is.”-William Tecumseh Sherman.
“tell me sir, If General McLellan is not using the army, does he mind If I borrow it for awhile?”- Abraham Lincoln
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Another one from the Civil War. “I am short a cheek-bone and an ear, but am able to whip hell yet.” Maj.Gen. John M. Corse