It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it. I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum of all evils.

Quote by Thomas Stonewall Jackson

Topics: War Quotes

Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees

Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank...

We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank...

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.

When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men...

When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men...

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the...

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the...

There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even...

There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even...

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt....

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt....

We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military...

We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military...

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.

Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.

While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention...

While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention...

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party...

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.