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
Read more about this topic: Matthews (surname)
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)
“In all sincerity, we offer to the loved ones of all innocent victims over the past 25 years, abject and true remorse. No words of ours will compensate for the intolerable suffering they have undergone during the conflict.”
—Combined Loyalist Military Command. New York Times, p. A12 (October 14, l994)
“Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)