Thomas Williams - Military

Military

  • Thomas Williams (general) (1815–1862), Union general during the American Civil War
  • Thomas Williams (Royal Navy officer) (1761/62-1841), British admiral
  • Thomas Williams (RAF officer) (1899–1956), British air marshal
  • Thomas F. Williams (1885–1985), Canadian First World War flying ace

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Famous quotes containing the word military:

    “I would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.”
    —Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    “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]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)