How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.
The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.
They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.
Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.
They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.
And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps 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.
The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.
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