John S. Mosby famous quotes

Well, it made you famous.
-- John S. Mosby

#War #Civil War #Made

The military value of a partisan's work is not measured by the amount of property destroyed, or the number of men killed or captured, but by the number [of the enemy which] he keeps watching [him].
-- John S. Mosby

#Military #Army #Men

War loses a great deal of its romance after a soldier has seen his first battle.
-- John S. Mosby

#War #Romance #Soldier

General, get up dress quick you are a prisoner!
-- John S. Mosby

#War #Civil War #Dresses

Only three men in the Confederate army knew what I was doing or intended to do; they were Lee and Stuart and myself.
-- John S. Mosby

#War #Army #Men

He was a Baptist minister who prayed through his six-shooter which he claimed was the most efficacious form of prayer, especially in dealing with Yankees...he would go into battle singing the songs of David.
-- John S. Mosby

#Song #Prayer #War

The problem after a war is with the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?

War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.

No war is inevitable until it breaks out.

My God! My God! What will the country say?

We may be annihilated, but we cannot be conquered.

Companies aren’t families. They’re battlefields in a civil war.

I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.

I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.

I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.

You tempt me. I can’t be tempted. I’m not made to be tempted.