A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.
The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.
I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.
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 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.
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.
They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
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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