Memorial day soldiers Quotes

Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth; Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth.

— Thomas Moore

And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the…

— Joseph Rodman Drake

Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.

— Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers

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

— Zell Miller

Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.

— Barack Obama

Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

— Francis Marion Crawford

The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government…

— Mark Twain

The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional…

— George Washington

On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!

— Thomas William Parsons