George Armstrong Custer Quotes

I'm glad I never went to war.

I've grown up, luckily, with only a distant relationship to war and soldiering.

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

When the days of rejoicing are over,/ When the flags are stowed safely away,/ They will dream of another wild 'War to End Wars'/ And another wild Armistice day.

No one hates war like a soldier hates war.

I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war.

The accounting of the sacrifice is, more than anything else, the attitude toward war memorials in our time.

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

I have no animosity towards those who object to the war. Regardless of which side of the fence you're on, just give a moment of thanks to the hundreds of thousands of our forefathers who gave themselves so we can live in a world where we can do this.

Arms once taken up should never be laid down, but upon one of three conditions—a safe peace, a complete victory, or an honorable death.

To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the ass.

In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

I wanted to serve. It was Desert Storm. I thought, 'I was a rich kid, and America's been good to me.'

A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries.

In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of their countrymen in just causes.

I said in my heart that, rather than have war, I would give up my country.

It's one thing to say you're for the war; it's another thing to send your kid to war - your daughter or your son.

I hated the draft, but at the same time, it's something that made every American take war seriously.

It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.

We have long honored those who gave their lives during the unfortunate reality of war.

War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

You know, I'm pro-troops, but I'm not pro-war.