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  • But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.

    Thomas Dunn English (1885). “The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics: A Collection of Verses Illustrating Some Notable Events in the History of the United States of America, from the Colonial Period to the Outbreak of the Sectional War”
  • When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

    George Canning (1826). “Poetical Works ...: Comprising the Whole of the Satires, Odes, Songs, and Other Poems”, p.26
  • How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

    United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”
  • Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.

    J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of John”, p.356, Editora Dracaena
  • How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

    "Celebrating Our She-roes" by Jill S. Tietjen, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2014.
  • On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.

  • Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

    Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.395, Da Capo Press
  • Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

    George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.3610, e-artnow
  • You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth.

    Children   Destiny   Men  
    A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA
  • To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.

    Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1991). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”
  • Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

    Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941
  • This year's Veterans Day celebration is especially significant as our country remains committed to fighting the War on Terror and as brave men and women are heroically defending our homeland.

  • Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

    Courage   War   Patriotic  
    First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981
  • It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

    "Painkiller Deathstreak" by Nicholson Baker, www.newyorker.com. August 9, 2010.
  • The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

  • Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

    "A Time for Moral Courage". Reader's Digest, July 1964.
  • We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

    Mattie J.T. Stepanek, Jimmy Carter (2009). “Just Peace: A Message of Hope”, p.158, Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"

  • All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service.

  • As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

    Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.836, Best Books on
  • In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

    Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.351, Courier Corporation
  • Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

    Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors
  • War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

    Mattie J.T. Stepanek, Jimmy Carter (2009). “Just Peace: A Message of Hope”, p.158, Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • There never was a good war or a bad revolution.

    Edward Abbey (1998). “The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel”, p.140, Macmillan
  • Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

    Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.86, Fordham Univ Press
  • Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in.

    Lying   Soldier   Battle  
  • Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

    Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941
  • This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

  • I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

    Funny   Nature   Order  
  • Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

    Labor Day Address at Liberty State Park, delivered 1 September 1980, Jersey City, New Jersey
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