Infantry Quotes

What we don't have is a lot of infantry strength, and we don't want to take a lot of casualties or take a lot of time in doing this, ... So out of that mixing pot, the commanders have to pick the right tactical approaches. - Wesley Clark

What leads the charge is the generals, not the infantry. - Andrew Barrett

What can I say about the First World War, a war in which I served as an infantryman, a war I hated at the start and to which I never warmed as it proceeded? - George Grosz

Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo. - Infantry Journal

Tolkien went through it himself (as an infantryman) in World War I. But it just got worse in his lifetime... I think he was very preoccupied with the nature of evil, the nature of technology, the way in which things could be abused, the way good intentions are subverted. That's what it's all about. - Tom Shippey

This award is very special because it recognizes what I think of as members of the infantry -- reporters who do the heavy lifting, even though they don't personally have the high public profile that some journalists in print and broadcast media attain. Their commitment to reporting difficult stories over the long haul, often against the conventional grain, is a tremendous public service, and the example of endurance and honor that they bring to the profession is a reminder of what journalism is about at its best. - David Halberstam

They were called grunts, and many of them, however grudgingly, were proud of the name. They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war. - Bernard Edelman

There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove. - Zebulon Pike

The surest way to become a pacifist is to join the infantry. - William H. Mauldin