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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."
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"If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking."

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"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other."

"I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers."

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"I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want."
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