Quotes about Soldiers

"A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman's nursing, there was dearth of woman's tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away."
-Caroline Norton

"Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty."
-Sallust

"The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."
-Colin Powell

"Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance."
-Lois McMaster Bujold

"My soldiers ask of me, why surrender a military advantage in the field ... I could not answer."
-General Douglas MacArthur

"These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have."
-William Kristol

"I don't think people in the general public realize we have so many local soldiers in Iraq, ... A Piece of My Heart is in Iraq."
-Lisa Guerrero

"It wasn't notorious and it wasn't sleazy. It was very fashionable to go there in the beginning, and then during the war it got to be a place where the soldiers and sailors and airmen all went."
-Judi Dench

"It helps a lot because we know what (the soldiers) are doing is great."
-Barb Anderson

"We have got almost 7 million descendants of these soldiers living today. And they have never really believed that American fully appreciated the sacrifices that those families made to make this country great."
-Frank Smith

"I used to paint model soldiers as a kid."
-Carl Becker

"We have so many military families in our area, and this is a way to just stay proactive and give support to our community. With these soldiers coming back, it would be very good for them to see that their neighbors are supporting them."
-Yvette B. Mays

"Through the broad extent of country over which you have marched by your respect for the rights and property of citizens, you have shown that you were soldiers not only to defend but able and willing to defend and protect."
-Thomas Stonewall Jackson

"We need to look at what is going to be the long-term future of our Guard when states need to rely on these soldiers for emergencies and the nation continues to rely on them for overseas deployment."
-Mark Warner

"A lot of children, grandchildren, really have no idea what these soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines did during that time period. To them, that's grandpa. To find out what these men actually endured is amazing."
-Larry Wilson

"Our teams over there interviewed North Vietnamese or communist soldiers that actually participated in the attack and they were helpful in pointing out what they knew about the battle site."
-Larry Greer

"Sometime Thursday morning, we heard helicopters outside. Then I heard someone calling my name — 'Williams! Deborah Williams!' — and I knew we were saved. We all started hugging each other, and soldiers started coming in from the roof."
-Deborah Williams

"This is something I have been looking forward to for a long time. It's something I want to bring awareness to. Maybe [people] will see that and want to contribute to fallen soldiers' families and their children. This is a small thing I can do as an American."
-Jeff Suppan

"Those boys all dreamed of becoming soldiers."
-Mark Piotrowski

"He really didn't like that soldiers were in Saudi Arabia, the Holy Land. He said his target was the soldiers - that's who he'd go after if given the choice."
-Abigail Perkins

"Those of us who are soldiers day in and day out, have been kept from table because the church is in conflict and our kids are still dying."
-Gregory Davis

"We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes."
-Robert Maynard Hutchins

"Everyone agrees that tens of millions of Americans consume porn. ... ministers, PTA members, policemen, teachers, soldiers, dentists and Boy Scout leaders. The overwhelming majority of them don't rape strangers or emotionally abandon their wives."
-Marty Klein

"This is worst in the refugee camps, where there is the most poverty and the most frequent confrontations with Israeli soldiers."
-Chris Towne

"What she said indicates a certain level of ignorance that is not appropriate for a foreign minister. All these people, whether they are trying to attack soldiers at a bus stop or civilians in a shopping mall, are all members of terrorist organizations that attack where they see fit. It's wrong to differentiate members of the same terrorist organizations, whether they kill a soldier or a child."
-Moshe Arens

"Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy."
-Claude Adrien Helvetius

"Dick Poplar plays a special part in my life ... Some folks say he was just a cook. Well, that is one of the most depressing things people say about the war. Because for every soldier that's in the field, there are 10 soldiers supporting them."
-Robert Harrison

"She saw Task Force Green Mountain in Kuwait; she saw Task Force Catamount in Afghanistan. She has consistently done everything she can to check on the soldiers physically and shake their hands."
-Lt. Veronica Saffo