Battle Quote by William Ralph Inge

A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general.

— Abraham Lincoln

“A Private who loses his rifle suffers greater consequences than a General who loses a war.”

— Lt. Col. Yingling

A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his…

— Mark Twain

...a private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war.

— Paul Yingling

“The great commander knows that in order to win one needs to know the remote and also the immediate reasons for the war, the…

— Claudio Magris

It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war but in cases of extreme necessity.

— Benjamin Franklin

“For these reasons, the trade of a soldier is held the most honorable of all others, because a soldier is a Yahoo hired to…

— Jonathan Swift

“There might, Gentlemen, be an impropriety in my taking notice, in this Address to you, of an anonymous production, but the manner in which…

— George Washington

There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as…

— George C. Marshall

“The Continental army got more generals than they got private soldiers, these days. An officer lives through more 'n two battles, they make him…

— Diana Gabaldon

“no one deserved the finest the American public could give more than the men and women who served in the military.”

— Heather Graham

“... as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will…

— Edward Gibbon