Timid Quotes

To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff. Men just dragged from the tender scenes of domestic life - unaccustomed to the din of arms - totally unacquainted with every kind of military skill, which being followed by a want of confidence in themselves when opposed to troops regularly trained, disciplined, and appointed, superior in knowledge, and superior in arms, makes them timid and ready to fly from their own shadows.

We must be ready to dare all for our country. For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

There is no greater mistake than to suppose that platitudes, smooth words, timid policies, offer today a path to safety.