You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking…

William Tecumseh Sherman
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You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! ✨ Said to David F. Boyd at the Louisiana State Seminary on December 24, 1860. The Civil War: A Book of Quotations by Robert Blaisdell, 2004.
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You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about. War is a terrible thing! ✨ Said to David F. Boyd at the Louisiana State Seminary on December 24, 1860. The Civil War: A Book of Quotations by Robert Blaisdell, 2004.

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