Quotes about soldier

"A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on soldier   

"The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth."

Jackson, Thomas J. on soldier   

"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state."

Jefferson, Thomas on soldier
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"But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract."

Lincoln, Abraham on soldier
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"Old soldiers never die; they just fade away."

Macarthur, Douglas on soldier   

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."

Patton, George S. on soldier
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"I want to see you shoot the way you shout."

Roosevelt, Theodore on soldier   

"So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants."

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius on soldier
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"Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die."

Tennyson, Lord Alfred on soldier
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"I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating."

Twain, Mark on soldier   

"I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal."

Wilder, Thornton on soldier   

"“I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.”"

Barton, Clara on soldier