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> [I have one sentiment for soldiers living and dead: cheers for the living; tears for the dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/i-have-one-sentiment-for-soldiers-living-and-dead-cheers-for-the/)

[Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/)

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> [Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/your-silent-tents-of-green-we-deck-with-fragrant-flowers-yours-has/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zell-miller/it-is-the-soldier-not-the-poet-who-has-given-us-freedom-of-speech/)

[Zell Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zell-miller/)

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> [Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/our-nation-owes-a-debt-to-its-fallen-heroes-that-we-can-never-fully/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-william-parsons/on-thy-grave-the-rain-shall-fall-from-the-eyes-of-a-mighty-nation/)

[Thomas William Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-william-parsons/)

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> [They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-marion-crawford/they-fell-but-o-er-their-glorious-grave-floats-free-the-banner-of-the/)

[Francis Marion Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-marion-crawford/)

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> [Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth; Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-moore/peace-to-each-manly-soul-that-sleepeth-rest-to-each-faithful-eye-that/)

[Thomas Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-moore/)

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> [Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wallace-bruce-matthews-carruthers/who-kept-the-faith-and-fought-the-fight-the-glory-theirs-the-duty-ours/)

[Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wallace-bruce-matthews-carruthers/)

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> [The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/the-willingness-with-which-our-young-people-are-likely-to-serve-in/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-modern-patriotism-the-true-patriotism-the-only-rational/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-rodman-drake/and-they-who-for-their-country-die-shall-fill-an-honored-grave-for/)

[Joseph Rodman Drake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-rodman-drake/)

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