Military
- John Taylor (captain), Loyalist captain in the American Revolution, 1st New Jersey Volunteers
- John Taylor (Medal of Honor), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John Taylor (VC) (1822–1857), English sailor
- John R. M. Taylor, U.S. infantry captain who compiled what became known as the Philippine Insurgent Records
- John Taylor (archivist) (1921–2008), American military archivist at the National Archives
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“Who are we? And for what are we going to fight? Are we the titled slaves of George the Third? The military conscripts of Napoleon the Great? Or the frozen peasants of the Russian Czar? No—we are the free born sons of America; the citizens of the only republic now existing in the world; and the only people on earth who possess rights, liberties, and property which they dare call their own.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array.”
—Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832)
“[I]t is a civil Cowardice to be backward in asserting what you ought to expect, as it is a military Fear to be slow in attacking when it is your Duty.”
—Richard Steele (1672–1729)