Stonewall Jackson Quotes About Soldiers

Quotes about: Soldiers

• The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

  Stonewall Jackson

  Country, Peace, Military

  Attributed to Stonewall Jackson in "Stonewall Jackson: An Address" by Hunter McGuire (p. 16), 1897.

• I am more anxious than I can express that my men should be not only good soldiers of their country, but also good soldiers of the cross.

  Stonewall Jackson

  Country, War, Men

• War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. Armies are not called out to dig trenches, to throw up breastworks, to live in camps, but to find the enemy and strike him; to invade his country, and do him all possible damage in the shortest possible time. This will involve great destruction of life and property while it lasts; but such a war will of necessity be of brief continuance, and so would be an economy of life and property in the end.

  Stonewall Jackson

  Country, War, Mean

  "Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War". Book by George Francis Robert Henderson, 1898.

• War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. ... To move swiftly, strike vigorously, and secure all the fruits of victory is the secret of successful war.

  Stonewall Jackson

  War, Moving, Mean

  "Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War". Book by George Francis Robert Henderson, 1904.

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