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War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.


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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.

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.



War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.



Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.



We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.

We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.



You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end.

You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end.



I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.



After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.

After all, I think Forrest was the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side.



If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.

If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you.



I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.

I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.



The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.

The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.





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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.

My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.




Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans.

Being yielded to God's authority keeps us pliable and open-minded to a possible change of plans.



You're in a fight and have to dig down... I find peace in that and enjoy it.

You're in a fight and have to dig down... I find peace in that and enjoy it.



Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.

Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.



Animals, we have been told, are taught by their organs. Yes, I would add, and so are men, but men have this further advantage that they can also teach their organs in return.

Animals, we have been told, are taught by their organs. Yes, I would add, and so are men, but men have this further advantage that they can also teach their organs in return.



Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing.

Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing.



The whole point of art school is that you're going to be able to have nudes all day long and a teacher who is there to move you. It's great.

The whole point of art school is that you're going to be able to have nudes all day long and a teacher who is there to move you. It's great.



I like to watch a bit of Disney, sprinkle some cocaine on some melon and just sit and eat it. I'm joking, I'm joking. There's no Disney.

I like to watch a bit of Disney, sprinkle some cocaine on some melon and just sit and eat it. I'm joking, I'm joking. There's no Disney.



Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.

Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.




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