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title: "11 Veterans day thank you Quotes by 9 authors"
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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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> [Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/lord-bid-war-s-trumpet-cease-fold-the-whole-earth-in-peace/)

[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr/)

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> [Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/never-give-in-except-to-convictions-of-honor-and-good-sense/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-canning/when-our-perils-are-past-shall-our-gratitude-sleep/)

[George Canning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-canning/)

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> [Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/never-yield-to-the-apparently-overwhelming-might-of-the-enemy/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-freneau/but-fame-is-theirs-and-future-days-on-pillar-d-brass-shall-tell-their/)

[Philip Freneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-freneau/)

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> [We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-too-born-to-freedom-and-believing-in-freedom-are-willing-to-fight/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Today is Veterans Day. Thank you to all our men and women who have served the United States armed forces. In honor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-letterman/today-is-veterans-day-thank-you-to-all-our-men-and-women-who-have/)

[David Letterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-letterman/)

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> [Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/never-give-in-except-to-convictions-of-honour-and-good-sense-never/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dunn-english/but-the-freedom-that-they-fought-for-and-the-country-grand-they/)

[Thomas Dunn English](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dunn-english/)

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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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