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

Quote by Thomas Stonewall Jackson

Topics: Military Quotes

It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten...

It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten...

It fell like a tear from my eye, flying machine so up high. Well... there...

It fell like a tear from my eye, flying machine so up high. Well... there...

...in God's name I command you to let me know as soon as you are...

...in God's name I command you to let me know as soon as you are...

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society...shot down...

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society...shot down...

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain...

A just war is in the long run far better for a mans soul than...

A just war is in the long run far better for a mans soul than...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

All the gods are dead except the god of war

All the gods are dead except the god of war

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with...

Almost every war ends, properly, with its veterans feeling deceived and pointless and gullible, with...

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

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

A single death is a tragedy, are million deaths is a statistic.

A single death is a tragedy, are million deaths is a statistic.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

If America can go to the moon, then in the decades to come we should...

If America can go to the moon, then in the decades to come we should...

I do not know how the third world war will be fought, but I can...

I do not know how the third world war will be fought, but I can...

When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, 'What the heck...

When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, 'What the heck...