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A people who will persevere in war beyond a certain limit ought to…

Quote byWilliam Tecumseh Sherman · 1820–1891

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to R.M. Sawyer (January 1864), Letter to Major R.M. Sawyer (31 January 1864), from Vicksburg..

English (original)

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.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

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