Troops Abandoned

Famous quotes containing the words troops and/or abandoned:

“Nearly all the bands are mustered out of service; ours therefore is a novelty. We marched a few miles yesterday on a road where troops have not before marched. It was funny to see the children. I saw our boys running after the music in many a group of clean, bright-looking, excited little fellows.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

“There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)