Great Military Quotes

Here's a collection of some of my favorite military quotes, compiled from different sources over the years. I hope you enjoy.

--My troops may fail to take a position, but are never driven from one. General Stonewall Jackson.

--The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from the internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war. Sir Basil H. Liddell-Hart.

--Paperwork will ruin any military force. General Chesty Puller.

--In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it. Erwin Rommel.

--To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away. Confucius.

--History does not entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. General Dwight Eisenhower.

--Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war. Ernest Hemingway.

--War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace. Benito Mussolini.

--No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. General George Patton.

--I feel that retired generals should never miss an opportunity to remain silent concerning matters for which they are no longer responsible. General Norman Schwarzkopf.

--Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts. Mao Tse-tung.

--In war there is no second prize for the runner-up. General Omar Bradley.

--I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat....You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea, and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs-Victory in spite of all terrors-Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival. Sir Winston Churchill.

--Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry. Oliver Cromwell.

--By push of bayonets, no firing until you see the whites in their eyes! Frederick the Great.

--Strength lies not in defense but in attack. Adolf Hitler.

--Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty. President John F. Kennedy.

--I shall return. General Douglas MacArthur.

--Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. Napoleon Bonaparte.

--Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste death but once. William Shakespeare.