Military
- William Johnson (Royal Navy officer) (1784–1851), Scottish Naval Captain
- Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715–1774), Major General in the British forces during the French and Indian War
- William Henry Johnson (1890–1945), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Johnson (Medal of Honor) (1855–1903), American recipient of the Medal of Honor
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“Personal prudence, even when dictated by quite other than selfish considerations, surely is no special virtue in a military man; while an excessive love of glory, impassioning a less burning impulse, the honest sense of duty, is the first.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.”
—Václav Havel (b. 1936)
“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)