Common Quote by Steven Erikson

We were always dead against the war.

— Bertie Ahern

As soldiers we have few saving graces. Perhaps our willingness to die for what we believe in is all that matters.

— Leo Gordon

It would have been easier to fight alone with inadequate forces than to have to accept...responsibility for our ally's lack of fighting qualities and…

— Albert Kesselring

We have found that it is easier for men to die together on the field of battle than it is for them to live…

— Harry S. Truman

“Never in the history of American warfare has this nation witnessed such an exhibition of cowardice, indecisiveness, incompetence, and laziness in the army’s senior…

— Dennis Byrne

There must be some good in the life of battle, for so many good men have enjoyed being soldiers.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“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

No soldier ever really survives a war.

— Audie Murphy

“You are well aware that it is not numbers or strength that bring the victories in war. No, it is when one side goes…

— Xenophon

We are sick of war, we don't want to fight, And yet we gorge ourselves upon the dead.

— George Bernard Shaw

Even though we constantly fought like soldiers. Together we 'sposed to fall down like boulders.

— WillIAm

I was raised to believe that soldiers were strong and wise and brave and faithful; they didn't lie, cheat, steal or abandon their comrades.

— Stanley A. McChrystal