--- title: "10 Combat veterans Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Combat veterans quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Combat veterans sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/david-m-shoup-59584_casualties_casualties-many-percentage-of-dead-not-k_2381379.jpg" --- > [Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-shoup/casualties-many-percentage-of-dead-not-known-combat-efficiency-we-are/) [David M. Shoup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-shoup/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/david-m-shoup-59584_casualties_casualties-many-percentage-of-dead-not-k_2381379.jpg) > [He was a combat veteran from Korea, and he was a great father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/he-was-a-combat-veteran-from-korea-and-he-was-a-great-father/) [Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/mike-pence-577_army_he-was-a-combat-veteran-from-korea-and-h_1691246.png) > [Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-s-patton/wars-may-be-fought-with-weapons-but-they-are-won-by-men/) [George S. Patton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-s-patton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/george-s-patton-1770_4th-of-july_wars-may-be-fought-with-weapons-but-they_1381944.jpg) > [The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/the-willingness-with-which-our-young-people-are-likely-to-serve-in/) [George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/george-washington-257_american-military_the-willingness-with-which-our-young-peo_1055839.jpg) > [As a soldier and combat veteran, I believe American military forces should only be used in the defense and furtherance of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-ernst/as-a-soldier-and-combat-veteran-i-believe-american-military-forces/) [Joni Ernst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joni-ernst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/joni-ernst-22433_american-military_as-a-soldier-and-combat-veteran-i-believ_21953.jpg) > [ \[My grandfather -a miner\] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/my-grandfather-a-miner-had-black-lung-and-he-didn-t-talk-about-it/) [Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/dwight-yoakam-9632_black_my-grandfather-a-miner-had-black-lung-an_874441.jpg) > [He discusses his service in Iraq, the wounds he suffered there and he says to me in this ad, until you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/he-discusses-his-service-in-iraq-the-wounds-he-suffered-there-and-he/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/rush-limbaugh-28_ads_he-discusses-his-service-in-iraq-the-wou_2550637.jpg) > [ He \[Osama bin Laden\] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scheuer/he-osama-bin-laden-is-clearly-an-odd-combination-of-a-12th-century/) [Michael Scheuer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scheuer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/michael-scheuer-7471_21st-century_he-osama-bin-laden-is-clearly-an-odd-com_1817985.png) > [During their college years the oarsmen put in terrbily long hours, often showing up at the boathouse at 6:00am for preclass practices.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-halberstam/during-their-college-years-the-oarsmen-put-in-terrbily-long-hours/) [David Halberstam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-halberstam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/david-halberstam-9032_able_during-their-college-years-the-oarsmen-p_422725.png) > [The general's staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There's a former head of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-hastings/the-general-s-staff-is-a-handpicked-collection-of-killers-spies/) [Michael Hastings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-hastings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/michael-hastings-6810_afghan_the-general-s-staff-is-a-handpicked-coll_2621423.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/combat-veterans/#itemlist", "name": "Combat veterans Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David M. 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You know, this is such a blatant use of a valiant combat veteran, lying to him about what I said, and then strapping those lies to his belt, sending him out via the media and a TV ad, to walk into as many people as he can walk into.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rush Limbaugh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/he-discusses-his-service-in-iraq-the-wounds-he-suffered-there-and-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/rush-limbaugh-28_ads_he-discusses-his-service-in-iraq-the-wou_2550637.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/rush-limbaugh-28_ads_he-discusses-his-service-in-iraq-the-wou_2550637.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/rush-limbaugh-28_ads_he-discusses-his-service-in-iraq-the-wou_2550637.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He discusses his service in Iraq, the wounds he suffered there and he says to me in this ad, until you have…” — Rush Limbaugh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He [Osama bin Laden] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique organization in the Islamic world. It's multiethnic, multilinguistic, multinational. He is a combat veteran, three times wounded. He has a huge reputation in the Islamic world for generosity and leadership. 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There's a former head of British Special Forces, two Navy Seals, an Afghan Special Forces commando, a lawyer, two fighter pilots and at least two dozen combat veterans and counterinsurgency experts. 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