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title: "7 Major General Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Before this war is over, I intend to be a Major General or a corpse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-r-trimble/before-this-war-is-over-i-intend-to-be-a-major-general-or-a-corpse/)

[Isaac R. Trimble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-r-trimble/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dc/isaac-r-trimble-244008_civil-war_before-this-war-is-over-i-intend-to-be-a_658877.jpg)

> [I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-gilbert/i-am-the-very-model-of-a-modern-major-general-i-ve-information/)

[W. S. Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-gilbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ad/w-s-gilbert-8102_animal_i-am-the-very-model-of-a-modern-major-ge_780700.jpg)

> [It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-foch/it-takes-15-000-casualties-to-train-a-major-general/)

[Ferdinand Foch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-foch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/ferdinand-foch-17344_casualties_it-takes-15-000-casualties-to-train-a-ma_1211037.jpg)

> [I am the very model of a modern major general](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-s-gilbert/i-am-the-very-model-of-a-modern-major-general/)

[W. S. Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-s-gilbert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/w-s-gilbert-8102_calculus_i-am-the-very-model-of-a-modern-major-ge_1278705.jpg)

> [If silicon had been a gas I should have been a major-general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-whistler/if-silicon-had-been-a-gas-i-should-have-been-a-major-general/)

[James Whistler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-whistler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/james-whistler-14894_gas_if-silicon-had-been-a-gas-i-should-have_1626678.png)

> [It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ferdinand-foch/it-take-15-000-casualties-to-train-a-major-general/)

[Ferdinand Foch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ferdinand-foch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/ferdinand-foch-17344_casualties_it-take-15-000-casualties-to-train-a-maj_2020110.jpg)

> [A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/a-private-soldier-has-as-much-right-to-justice-as-a-major-general/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/abraham-lincoln-88_justice_a-private-soldier-has-as-much-right-to-j_2190801.png)

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