Battle Quote by Thaddeus Stevens

A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid.

— George Bernard Shaw

“The soldier—that is, the great soldier—of to-day is not a romantic animal, dashing at forlorn hopes, animated by frantic sentiment, full of fancies as…

— Walter Bagehot

“The English soldier was probably the worst-treated soldier in Europe, and judging from the English casualty rates during the Napoleonic wars, English generals were…

— J. Christopher Herold

“Old soldiers cannot fit in a peaceful world,’ Urusander said. ‘They feel like ghosts and they hunger for the zeal of life, but the…

— Steven Erikson

Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality.

— Walt Whitman

I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

— Thomas Jefferson

Honer and self sacrifice. Death does not diminish these qualities in a soldier. We shall remember.

— Anonymous

“In all armies, soldiers serving with forward combat units shared a contempt for the much larger number of men in the rear areas who…

— Max Hastings

I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war.

— Geraldine Brooks

In the soldier we see the love of country. When you are willing to go onto a battlefield and give your life to defend…

— Frederick Lenz

“There is nothing particularly glorious about sweaty fellows, laden with killing tools, going along to fight. And yet-such a column represents a great deal…

— John Thomason

Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we can only…

— Abraham Lincoln