Military
- John Augustus Wood (1818–1878), British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
- John Taylor Wood (1830–1904), officer in the U.S. Navy who became a captain in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War
- John Shirley Wood (1888–1966), United States Army general
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“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 domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it alive. But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious. For that we care for them; from that have issued endless consequences.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)