Military
- John Burke (colonel) (1838–1914), officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War
- John Burke (spy) (1830–1871), Confederate spy in the American Civil War
- John Roland Burke (1944–1967), USMC sniper who received the Navy Cross for his actions during the Vietnam War
- John Óge Burke, Irish gentleman and soldier, executed in 1601
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“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 and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“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)