You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will.

You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.

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

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster

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's no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.