“I am very sorry these Moros are such fools—but this Dajo will not mean the slaugter of women and children, nor hasty assaults against strong entrenchments. I shall lose as few men and kill as few Moros as possible.”

— John J. Pershing

My Life Before the World War, 1860--1917: A Memoir, p. 293 https://books.google.com/books?id=a74_JIbehzsC&pg=PA293

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