Should Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

— Thomas Jefferson

A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general.

— Henry George Bohn

I am convinced that in times such as these, every man must be a soldier, in substance as well as in name.

— Seishiro Itagaki

Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers' roll.

— Philip Sidney

The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.

— Amy Chua

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

— George Bernard Shaw

Refusing further service as a Roman soldier: I am a soldier of Christ: combat is not permitted to me.

— Martin of Tours

My son Hannibal will be a great general, because of all my soldiers he best knows how to obey.

— Hamilcar Barca

“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

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

— Douglas MacArthur

A good general chooses his battlefield.

— Tony Slydini