Quote by Jonathan Swift

A soldier is a "Yahoo" hired to kill in cold blood as many of his own Species, who have never offended him, as possibly…

— Jonathan Swift

“Soldier don’t act like we is crime and them is order, soldier act like we is enemy and this is war.”

— Marlon James

“Perhaps to the soldier the civilian is the man who employs him to kill, who includes the guilt of murder in the pay-envelope and…

— Graham Greene

“A soldier doesn’t fight to save suffering humanity or any other nonsense. He fights to prove that his unit is the best in the…

— Rick Atkinson

“Every day you enjoy the freedom I fought to protect. What greater honor than for a soldier to fight for his own family?”

— Heather Burch

“For real men serve their country with random acts of kindness, not vicious acts of violence. And real soldiers have one duty, and one…

— Joss Sheldon

“American soldiers must know the reason for their sacrifices. Our GIs are not vassals or mercenaries. They are the nation’s sons and daughters. We…

— Colin Powell

“Occasionally the ideals seemed more honored in the breach than in the observance, but in times of moral quandary a conscientious officer could anchor…

— Rick Atkinson

“The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service…

— Sun Tzu

“The army is the only order of men sufficiently united to concur in the same sentiments, and powerful enough to impose them on the…

— Edward gibbon

“Unquestionably, the intelligent, educated man makes, in the long run, the best soldier. There is no place for the mere brute in modern warfare.…

— Albertus Wright Catlin

“There is no such thing as a soldier. I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the brain and…

— William Saroyan