Military
- Thomas Smith (soldier), English soldier
- Thomas Benton Smith (1838–1923), Confederate brigadier general
- Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor) (1838–?), American Civil War sailor
- Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor, 1869), American Indian Wars soldier
- Thomas J. Smith (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier
- Thomas Smith (Medal of Honor, 1878) (1856–?), American sailor
- Thomas Kilby Smith (1820–1887), lawyer, soldier, and diplomat from the state of Ohio
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“Who are we? And for what are we going to fight? Are we the titled slaves of George the Third? The military conscripts of Napoleon the Great? Or the frozen peasants of the Russian Czar? No—we are the free born sons of America; the citizens of the only republic now existing in the world; and the only people on earth who possess rights, liberties, and property which they dare call their own.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“There was somewhat military in his nature, not to be subdued, always manly and able, but rarely tender, as if he did not feel himself except in opposition. He wanted a fallacy to expose, a blunder to pillory, I may say required a little sense of victory, a roll of the drum, to call his powers into full exercise.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military genius is by the fact that, during the war, he will mock the rules of warfare and will employ creative improvisation instead of tested methods and he will do so at the right moment.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)