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Quotes from Letter to R.M. Sawyer — William Tecumseh Sherman

1820–1891 United States

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If they want eternal war, well and good; we accept the issue, and will dispossess them and put our friends in their place.

Letter to R.M. Sawyer (1864)

A people who will persevere in war beyond a certain limit ought to know the consequences. Many, many peoples with less pertinacity have been wiped out of national existence.

Letter to R.M. Sawyer (1864)

Three years ago by a little reflection and patience they could have had a hundred years of peace and prosperity, but they preferred war; very well.

Letter to R.M. Sawyer (1864)

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