Military
- William Jackson (pirate), British pirate
- William Jackson (VC) (1897–1959), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Hicks Jackson (1835–1903), Confederate general from Tennessee
- Sir William Jackson (British Army officer) (1917–1999), British general, Governor of Gibraltar, military historian, and author
- William Lowther "Mudwall" Jackson (1825–1890), Confederate general
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“There are many examples of women that have excelled in learning, and even in war, but this is no reason we should bring ‘em all up to Latin and Greek or else military discipline, instead of needle-work and housewifry.”
—Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)
“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)
“The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)