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"In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory."
"In war there is no prize for runner-up."
"Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be countenanced. Any man who kills must be destroyed because this is a great sin, maybe the worst we know. And then we take a soldier and put murder in his hands and we say to him, "use it well, use it wisely." We put no checks on him. Go out and kill as many of a certain kind or classification of your brothers as you can. And we will reward you for it because it is a violation of your early training."
"That's the attractive thing about war, said Rosewater. "Absolutely everybody gets a little something."
"Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week."
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"Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it."
"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."
"I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers."
"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast."
"You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion."
"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."
"Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other."
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