This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
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.
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.
On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us 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.
The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
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.
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
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.
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.
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.
The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.
I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"
or simply:
