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President Quotes about Veterans Day
“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.” – Wilson
“The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” – Lincoln’s
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” — Maya Angelou
“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” — José Narosky
“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.” — President George Washington
“Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike in Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.” — Barbara Bush
“The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and/or defense of reality-conforming, life-promoting values.” — Andrew Bernstein
“It’s about how we treat our veterans every single day of the year. It’s about making sure they have the care they need and the benefits that they’ve earned when they come home. It’s about serving all of you as well as you’ve served the United States of America.”
— Barack Obama
“In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans’ organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” — John F. Kennedy
“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always evil, never good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.” — Jimmy Carter
“On this Veterans Day, let us remember our veterans’ service, and 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.” — Dan Lipinski
“My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place–police, firefighters, and members of our armed forces.” — Sidney Sheldon
“The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” — Abraham Lincoln
“Better than honor and glory, and History’s iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.” — Richard Watson Gilder
“We will not tire, We will not falter, We will not fail.” — George W. Bush
“At the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” – Mark Twain
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” – G.K. Chesterton,
“Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.” – General George S. Patton
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” – Douglas MacArthur
“It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.”
“On this Veterans Day, let us remember our veterans’ service, and 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.”
“Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.”
“Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don’t have that problem.”
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
“America without her soldiers would be like God without his angels.”
“There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.”
“I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.”
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”
“I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.”
“Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.”
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” -President John F. Kennedy
“For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, which gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burns that flag.” – Governor Zell Miller
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