If I Had My Choice I Would

You Might As Well Appeal Against The Thunder-storm As Against These Terrible Hardships Of War. They Are Inevitable, And The Only Way The People Of Atlanta Can Hope Once More To Live In Peace And Quiet At Home, Is To Stop The War, Which Can Only Be Done By Admitting That It Began In Error And Is Perpetuated In Pride.

If The People Raise A Great Howl Against My Barbarity And Cruelty, I Will Answer That War Is War, And Not Popularity Seeking.

I Make Up My Opinions From Facts And Reasoning, And Not To Suit Any Body But Myself. If People Don't Like My Opinions, It Makes Little Difference As I Don't Solicit Their Opinions Or Votes.

Some Of You Young Men Think That War Is All Glamour And Glory, But Let Me Tell You, Boys, It Is All Hell!

The Scenes On This Field Would Have Cured Anybody Of War.