Veterans Day Quotes - Page 2

As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.

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

To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.

These are the times that try men's souls.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

In valor there is hope.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

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.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

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

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.

They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

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

We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.

Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.

America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols.

Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.

I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I saw some of them die. I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny.

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

It is not only the living who are killed in war.

But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.

Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.