Winfield Scott Quotes

Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.

Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!

I placed the Marines where the hardest work was to be accomplished, and I never once found my confidence in them misplaced.

Every man as well as every day has its lights and shades.

The enemy say that Americans are good at a long shot, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you instantly to give a lie to this slander. Charge!

Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace."

There are times when a corps commander's life does not count.

Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket.

We are serving no one man, we are serving our country.

I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field.

Do you see those colors? Take them!

Peace won by compromise is usually a short-lived achievement.