Memorial Quotes

290 quotes by 235 authors

Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice. — Barack Obama
Some of the shells brought my heart into my mouth; lying there waiting for them was intolerable. I was sure I was going to be… — Hervey Allen
Future years will never know the seething hell and the black infernal background, the countless minor scenes and interiors of the secession war; and it… — Walt Whitman
Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Dream of battled fields no more. Days of danger, nights of waking. — Walter Scott
They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save. — Francis Marion Crawford
They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er. — Walter Scott
However horrible the incidents of war may be, the soldier who is called upon to offer and to give his life for his country is… — Douglas MacArthur
Patriotism is the vital condition of national permanence. — George William Curtis
So as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants. — Tacitus
For the love of country they accepted death. — James A. Garfield
The architects of this wickedness will find no safe harbor in this world. We will chase our enemies to the furthest corners of this Earth.… — Tom DeLay
One should never allow chaos to develop in order to avoid going to war, because one does not avoid a war but instead puts it… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I say to our enemies: We are coming. God may have mercy on you, but we won't — John McCain
We send cruise missiles and then we think everything's all right or we try to bring them to trial. My friends, this time they've gone… — John McCain
The song is ended, but the melody lingers on... — Irving Berlin
Life and death are but phases of the same thing, the reverse and obverse of the same coin. Death is as necessary for man's growth… — Mahatma Gandhi
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one. — Seneca the Younger
Perhaps passing through the gates of death is like passing quietly through the gate in a pasture fence. On the other side, you keep walking,… — Mark Helprin
The people who pretend that dying is rather like strolling into the next room always leave me unconvinced. Death, like birth, must be a tremendous… — J. B. Priestley

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