“By 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.”

“Russians go away, Russian soldiers have to go away from our home country - and after that we are ready to discuss.”

“To plan to reserve cavalry for the finish of the battle, is to have no conception of the power of combined infantry and cavalry charges, either for attack or for defense.”

“And I was even beginning to think home might be with you.”

“I am not a hero; I am a soldier. When the battle is lost, I retreat and regroup; when the war is over, I lay down my sword. No last dashing charge; no futile last stand!”

“I'm growing old and I wanna go home.
I'm growing old and I don't wanna know.”

“All up and down the whole creation,
Sadly I roam,
Still longing for the old plantation,
And for the old folks at home.”

“There's nothing much I can tell you about this war. It's like all wars, I suppose. The undertakers are winning it. Oh, the politicians will talk a lot about the "glory" of it, and the old men'll talk about the "need" of it—the soldiers, they just want to go home.”

“Bless God, he went as soldiers,
His musket on his breast;
Grant, God, he charge the bravest
Of all the martial blest.

Please God, might I behold him
In epauletted white,
I should not fear the foe then,
I should not fear the fight.”

“I don’t think Father Hugo is any more mistaken than the most learned theologian and he might be closer to the truth. Jacob, I don’t think anyone knows Who’s in charge.”