If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking. (William Tecumseh Sherman)

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

William Tecumseh Sherman

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