Custer Armstrong Quotes & Sayings

Indians, schmindians! — George Armstrong Custer

There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry. — George Armstrong Custer

Wild Bill was a strange character, add to this figure a costume blending the immaculate neatness of the dandy with the extravagant taste and style of a frontiersman, you have Wild Bill, the most famous scout on the Plains. — George Armstrong Custer

We are enemies. Opposites. An immovable object and an unstoppable force. — Pippa DaCosta

You're broken, and you depend on those looks to give you something you've been without. It doesn't work that way, little lady. — R.J. Lewis

My purpose is to make my narrative as truthful as possible. — George Armstrong Custer

Hurrah Boys! Let's get these last few reds then head on back to camp. Hurrah! — George Armstrong Custer

There are far more statues of soldiers out there than there are of civilians. — George Armstrong Custer

In the summer of 1876 in Montana while George Armstrong Custer and his troops were being cut down at Little Big Horn, Cope was out hunting for bones nearby. When it was pointed out to him that this was probably not the most prudent time to be taking treasures from Indian lands, Cope thought for a minute and decided to press on anyway. — Bill Bryson

He was met even now As mad as the vex'd sea; singing aloud; Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, With bur-docks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining corn. — William Shakespeare

You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the country is concerned I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the war end. — George Armstrong Custer

There are two sides to any war-game, Your Highness, and the other side is trying to win, too. — David Weber

Where did all these damn indians come from? — George Armstrong Custer

I would rather have a good education and no money, than to have a fortune and be ignorant. — George Armstrong Custer

The Seventh can handle anything it meets. — George Armstrong Custer

If I were an Indian ... I would greatly prefer to cast my lot among those of my people who adhere to the free open plains, rather than submit to the confined limits of a reservation. — George Armstrong Custer

The paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings — G.K. Chesterton

I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers. — George Armstrong Custer

Previous to this time I had never even a balloon except from a distance. Being interested in their construction, I was about to institute a thorough examination of all its parts, when the aeronaut announced that all was ready. He inquired whether I desired to go up alone, or he should accompany me. My desire, if frankly expressed, would have been not to go up at all; but if I was to go, company was certainly desirable. With an attempt at indifference, I intimated that he might go along. — George Armstrong Custer

The Army is the Indian's best friend. — George Armstrong Custer

Benteen, come on, big village, be quick. Bring packs. — George Armstrong Custer

First Lieutenant George Armstrong Custer - his new regular army rank dated to July 17 - was — Thom Hatch