In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

Soldiers who had been in the army long enough to know what a bloody swindle war really is would begin to feel that army life was really kind of fun, as long as [General Philip] Sheridan was up front.

The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men.

If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing.

Lucky are soldiers who strive in a just war; for them it is an easy entry into heaven.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

The history of a soldiers wound beguiles the pain of it.