Veterans Day Poems Quotes

• 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.

  Randy Neugebauer

  Country, Veterans Day, Military

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• Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Veterans Day, Peace, War

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• We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

  Cynthia Ozick

  Thanksgiving, Thank You, Thankful

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• I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"

  Eve Merriam

  Mother, Dream, Veterans Day

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• When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

  George Canning

  Thanksgiving, Thank You, Thankful

  George Canning (1826). “Poetical Works ...: Comprising the Whole of the Satires, Odes, Songs, and Other Poems”, p.26

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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

  Country, Veterans Day, Memorial Day

  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”

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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.

  Sun Tzu

  Thank You, Veterans Day, Art

  Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors

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• It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

  Zell Miller

  Veterans Day, Military, Army

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 1 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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• In Flanders fields the poppies blow.

  John McCrae

  Blow, Fields, Poppies

  "In Flanders Fields" l. 1 (1915)

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• The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

  Patrick Henry

  Inspirational, Veterans Day, Courage

  Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, delivered 23 March 1775 at Henrico Parrish Church St, Richmond Virginia, Second Virginia Convention

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• The larks, still bravely singing, fly
  Scarce heard amid the guns below

  John McCrae

  Gun, Singing, Poppies

  'In Flanders Fields' (1915)

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• 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

  Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Men

  Richard Watson Gilder (1900). “Five Books of Song”

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• Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

  Charles Rangel

  Country, Veterans Day, Sacrifice

  "Fighting for Those Who Fight for Us" by Charles Rangel, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2013.

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• 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.

  Pete Hegseth

  Thank You, Country, Memorial Day

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  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

  Change, Thank You, Memorial Day

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.351, Courier Corporation

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• 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

  Thank You, Veterans Day, Memorial Day

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• Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Courage

  Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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• A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

  Joseph Campbell

  Life, Inspiring, Veterans Day

  Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.151, Anchor

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• 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.

  Steve Buyer

  Veterans Day, Men, Us Veterans

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• America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.

  Steve Buyer

  Veterans Day, Years, Us Veterans

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• This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

  Elmer Davis

  Country, Courage, Veterans Day

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• 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.

  Jim Davis

  Veterans Day, Grateful, Us Veterans

  "'Garfield' creator apologizes for ill-timed Veterans Day comic strip", www.cnn.com. November 12, 2010.

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• America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

  John Doolittle

  Country, Veterans Day, Us Veterans

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  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.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Life, Change, Wise

  1952 In Time, 6 Oct.

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

  Billy Graham

  Motivational, Veterans Day, Memorial Day

  "A Time for Moral Courage". Reader's Digest, July 1964.

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