While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.
Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"
When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?
But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.
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.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow.
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below
Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.
Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.
Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It's a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it.
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.
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.
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us.
America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of us.
America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
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