ARTILLERY QUOTES AND QUOTATIONS

"The Guns, Thank God, The Guns..."

Rudyard Kipling

God fights on the side with the best artillery.

Napoleon, Marshal of France

The first shot is for the Devil, the second for God, and only the third for the King.

Napoleon, Marshal of France

Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volley'ed and thundered.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

"If you don't have enough artillery, quit."

General Richard Cavasos

"God fights on the side with the best artillery."

Napoleon, Marshal of France

"With Artillery, war is made."

Napoleon, Marshal of France

"Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt" (Whither Right and Glory Lead)

Motto of the Royal Artillery

"Artillerymen believe the world consist of two types of people; other Artillerymen and targets."

Unknown

"A TOAST TO THE GUNS"

By them we live,
For them we would die.
Whatever the Mission,
We'll give it try.
We'll serve them with Honor
For they are the ones;
That make us Artillerymen,
So here's to the Guns:
TO THE GUNS!!

Unknown

"Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot..."

Napoleon, Marshal of France

Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd.

Napoleon, Marshal of France

"Ultima ratio regum." (The final argument of kings)

Inscription from French Cannons, by order of Louis XIV

"No one accuses the gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He serves as least three jealous gods--his horse and all its sadlery and harness; his gun, whose least detail of efficiency is more important than men's lives; and, when these have been attended to, the never-ending mystery of his art commands him."

Rudyard Kipling

"Where a goat can go, a man can go, where a man can go, he can drag a gun"

Col. William Phillips, 1777

"The best generals are those who have served in the artillery."

Napoleon, Emperor of France

"The first shot is for the Devil, the second for God, and only the third for the King."

 Gunners proverb

"Gunners will always fight together, drink together, laugh together, and morn together."

Unknown

"Artillery adds dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl."

Frederick the Great, King of Germany, 1740-1786

"The speed, accuracy and devastating power of American Artillery won confidence and admiration from the troops it supported and inspired fear and respect in their enemy."

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to-be respected arguments of the rights of kings."

Frederick the Great

"Artillery conquers and infantry occupies."

J.F.C. Fuller

"Guns will make us powerful, butter will only make us fat."

Hermann Goering

"There is no judge more equitable than a cannon."

Unknown

"In many situations that seemed desperate, the artillery has been a most vital factor."

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

"The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners."

Field Marshal Benard L. Montgomery

"Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd."

Napoleon, Marshal of France

"I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did."

Gen. George S. Patton

"The World War demonstrated the importance of Field Artillery. The majority of casualties were inflicted by the arm."

Gen. John J. Pershing

"Artillery is the god of war."

Stalin

"The work for giants...to serve well the guns!"

Walt Whitman

"The gun is the rallying point of the detachment, its flag, its banner. It is that to which the men look, by which they stand, with which they fall. As long as the gun is theirs they are unconquered, victorious; when the gun is lost, all is lost. It is their religion to fight until the enemy is out of range or until the gun itself is withdrawn, or until both it and the detachment are in the hands of the foe."

Unknown

"There is NO job in the Field Artillery for the weak, the timid or the indecisive."

Unknown

"Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield."

Winston Churchill

Guns will make us powerful, butler will only make us fat.

Hermann Goering