Veterans Day Quotes Marine Corps
- America without her Soldiers would be like God without His angels.” — Claudia Pemberton
- “War is too important to be left to the generals” — Georges Clémenceau
- “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
- “For what avail the plow or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree.” — Thomas Campbell
- “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” — Nathan Hale
- “America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.” — Paul Tsongas
- “These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor — and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.” — Michael N. Castle
- “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy Adams
- “This will remain the land of the free so long as it is the home of the brave.” — Elmer Davis
- “When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death — that is heroism.” — Robert Green Ingersoll
- “Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard.” — President John F. Kennedy
- “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.” — Gen. George S. Patton
- “No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” — James Allen
- “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” — Joseph Campbell
- “True patriotism isn’t cheap. It’s about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.” — Robert Reich
- “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” — Winston Churchill, 1940
- “Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.” —Michel de Montaigne
- “The boys will all be mustered out, Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.” —Wallace Bruce
- “How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” —Maya Angelou
- “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” —Joseph Campbell
- “We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf.” —George Orwell
- “The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here [at Gettysburg], 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
- “America without her soldiers would be like God without his angels.” —Claudia Pemberton
- “We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.” —Francis A. Walker
- “In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” —José Narosky“We don’t know them all, but we owe them all.” —Unknown
- “There is nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.” — Gen. James H. Doolittle
- “The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.” — Minot J. Savage
- “We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.” — Winston S. Churchill
- “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
- “My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place.” —Sidney Sheldon
- “America’s veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.” —John Doolittle