Stonewall Jackson Quotes & Sayings

#1. All I am and all I have is at the service of my country.

#2. 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.

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#3. Then, Sir, we will give them the bayonet!

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#4. Let us go over, and sit in the shade of the trees.

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#5. I am more afraid of alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy.

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#6. What is life without honor? Degradation is worse than death.

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#7. Died of wounds inflicted in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees.

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#8. Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time ... Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.

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#9. Duty is ours; consequences are God's.

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#10. [M]y religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.

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#11. Madam, if your son were to come home and try to shirk duty, you ought to shut your door in his face and treat him as a renegade unworthy of your name or regard.

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#12. Shoot the brave officers, and the cowards will run away and take the men with them.

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#13. I find I like it too much.

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#14. It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it. I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum of all evils.

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#15. The only true rule for cavalry is to follow the enemy as long as he retreats.

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#16. My troops may fail to take a position, but are never driven from one!

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#17. People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.

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#18. We are all but instruments of God.

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#19. Don't say it's impossible! Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can't do it, I'll find someone who can, even if I have to take him from the ranks!

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#20. I was afraid the fire would not be hot enough for me to distinguish myself.

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#21. Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished

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#22. I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow.

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#23. Do your duty and leave the rest to Providence.

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#24. This army stays here until the last wounded man is removed. Before I leave them to the enemy, I will lose many more men.

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

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#26. I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it.

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#27. Who could not conquer with such troops as these?

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#28. Duty is ours; the consequences are the Lord God's

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#29. My men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never!

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#30. You may be whatever you resolve to be.

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#31. I want my army to be an army of the living God.

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#32. My religious beliefs teach me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time of my death. I do not concern myself with that, but to be always ready whenever it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and all men would be equally brave.

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#33. Arms is a profession that, if its principles are adhered to for success, requires an officer do what he fears may be wrong, and yet, according to military experience, must be done, if success is to be attained.

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#34. Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!

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#35. If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to their instruction and comfort, and in battle lead them well.

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