Military
- John Taylor (captain), Loyalist captain in the American Revolution, 1st New Jersey Volunteers
- John Taylor (Medal of Honor), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John Taylor (VC) (1822–1857), English sailor
- John R. M. Taylor, U.S. infantry captain who compiled what became known as the Philippine Insurgent Records
- John Taylor (archivist) (1921–2008), American military archivist at the National Archives
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“My faith is the grand drama of my life. I’m a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith. I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colours for those who see none.”
—Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
“War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valour, veracity, the spirit of obedience, the habit of discipline. Any of these, and of others like them, when possessed by a nation, and no matter how generated, will give them a military advantage, and make them more likely to stay in the race of nations.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)
“The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)