Soldiers have many faults, but they have one redeeming merit; they are never worshipers of force. Soldiers more than any other men are taught severely and systematically that might is not right. The fact is obvious. The might is in the hundred men who obey. The right (or what is held to be right) is […]
Soldiers Quotes
Dragoon, n. A soldier who combines dash and steadiness in so equal measure that he makes his advances on foot and his retreats on horseback.
Recruit, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Well how do you do young Willie McBride, Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside, And rest for a while ‘neath the warm summer sun? I’ve been walking all day, and I’m nearly done. I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen When you joined the great fallen in 1916. […]
If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed.
Hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
War is a racket. Our stake in that racket has never been greater in all our peacetime history. It may seem odd for me, a military man, to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent 33 years and four months in active service as a member of our country’s most agile military […]
How many generous Britons meet their doom, New to the field, and heroes in the bloom! Th’ illustrious youghts, that left their native shore To march where Britons never march’d before (O fatal love of fame! O glorious heat Only destructive to the brave and great!)
The flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.
