Gene Wilder
Actor, comedian
"So shines a good deed... in a weary world."
Veterans Day quotes
Veterans Day
134 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Abraham Lincoln
Political Leader
"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties."
Thomas Jefferson
Politician, Founding Father
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come."
Billy Graham
Evangelist, Author
"Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened."
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"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid."
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"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."
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"Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war."
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"I want you to know, that you deserve the best. You're beautiful."
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"Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul."
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"Freedom lies in being bold."
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"Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."
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"Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause."
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"Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway."
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"As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out."
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"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."
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"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."
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"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!"
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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction."
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"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation."
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"We make war that we may live in peace."
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"Have the courage to act instead of react."
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"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."
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"Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
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"Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers."
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