Military
- Al Matthews (born 1942), member of the United States Marine Corps
- Bruce Matthews (General), the commander of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division in the Second World War
- Francis P. Matthews (1887–1952), 49th United States Secretary of the Navy
- H. Spencer Matthews, (1921–2002), first U.S. naval pilot to be promoted to admiral
- Mark Matthews (1894–2005), former Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army
- Peter Matthews (rebel) (c.1790–1838), farmer and soldier who participated in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837
- Saul Matthews, African-American American Revolutionary War hero
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring ‘em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifry.”
—Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)
“There was somewhat military in his nature, not to be subdued, always manly and able, but rarely tender, as if he did not feel himself except in opposition. He wanted a fallacy to expose, a blunder to pillory, I may say required a little sense of victory, a roll of the drum, to call his powers into full exercise.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)