Top 20 Cavalry Quotes

Here we have the best Cavalry Quotes from famous authors such as Giraldus Cambrensis, Manfred von Richthofen, Steven Adams, Tom Stoppard, Adlai Stevenson I. Find the perfect quotation from our collection.

It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe; the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors.

Giraldus Cambrensis

Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry.

Manfred von Richthofen

My brothers bullied me, so I cried a lot as a kid. It was the only defense I had. Telling them to stop wouldn’t work. The crying would bring my dad. Dad was my cavalry.

Steven Adams

People have quite a simple idea about ‘Anna Karenina.’ They feel that the novel is entirely about a young married woman who falls in love with a cavalry officer and leaves her husband after much agony, and pays the price for that.

Tom Stoppard

It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.

Adlai Stevenson I

By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men – infantry, artillery, and cavalry.

James Monroe

Most Americans probably aren’t aware that there was a time in this country when tanks and cavalry were massed on Pennsylvania Avenue to chase away the unemployed.

Andy Grove

There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry.

George Armstrong Custer

The first ‘Half–Life‘ movie treatment pitched to us climaxed with a tearful reunion between enslaved Vortigaunts and their Vortiwives and children. The last one I saw had Black Mesa invaded by a cavalry unit, just so as to feature a scene of bullsquids tearing into armored horses.

Marc Laidlaw

In tough times, we all hope for knights in shining armor, or the cavalry, to show up and effect change.

Dean Devlin

We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn’t think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.

Dick Gregory

All Scouts should know about St. George. St. George is the Patron Saint of England; he is also the Patron Saint of cavalry in all countries, and therefore Patron Saint of Scouts.

Robert Baden-Powell

I have two friends named Matt. They’re both scouts in the cavalry. They both served in the same section of Iraq. They both worked with the same Iraqi translator. And yet, if you talk to them, their stories couldn’t be more different, because one was there in 2006. One was there in 2008.

Phil Klay

The American army between world wars after World War I had virtually disintegrated. It was a very small force, given largely to practicing cavalry charges on western outposts.

Rick Atkinson

If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders.

John Buford

Every year in late June, Custer’s Last Stand is reenacted on the high plains of Montana. When Custer led out the 7th Cavalry in 2003 – the year I witnessed it – the audience stood and cheered with turbo-charged patriotism.

Clive Sinclair

Nobody ever wins by the cavalry coming to rescue you. It isn’t a question of you’re happy if you get married, or you get thin, or you get rich, because I’ve known lots of thin, rich, married people who are absolutely miserable.

Maeve Binchy