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"You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion."
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"I would make this war as severe as possible, and show no symptoms of tiring till the South begs for mercy."
"I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers."
"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."
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"There will soon come an armed contest between capital and labor. They will oppose each other, not with words and arguments, but with shot and shell, gun-powder and cannon. The better classes are tired of the insane howling of the lower strata and they mean to stop them."
"But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter."
"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other."
"This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war."
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