Memorial Quotes

290 quotes by 235 authors

Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence. — Joseph Story
I understand, probably more than anyone, what a threat Iraq was and the people that threatened Iraq was. I was beneath the towers on September… — Bernard Kerik
I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been… — Maya Lin
I feel really bad for everyone who died on 9/11. Not just the people in the World Trade Center, Pentagon, or Flight 93, but all… — Zach Braff
The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on. — Ada Louise Huxtable
Visiting the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., for example, I was struck by its marginalization of any other victims apart from the Jews, to… — Richard J. Evans
Holocaust Memorial Day is intended as an inclusive commemoration of all the individuals and communities who suffered as a result of the Holocaust - not… — Jack Straw
A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for… — Mark Twain
If the world were to end tomorrow and we could choose to save only one thing as the explanation and memorial to who we were,… — A. A. Gill
Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected. — Edgar Lee Masters
These days, when people are alone, or feel a moment of boredom, they tend to reach for a device. In a movie theater, at a… — Sherry Turkle
Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors preparing for more… — Howard Zinn
A woman I loved [Andi Parhamovich] was killed in Baghdad in January 2007 â€“ al-Qaeda in Iraq took credit for it â€¦ The memorial service… — Michael Hastings
People depend on the Open Internet to connect and communicate with each other freely. Voters need it to inform themselves before casting ballots. Without prompt… — Michael Copps
The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln,… — Gutzon Borglum
Memorial Day, the reason for it, fewer and fewer people know. It's just the first real weekend of summer, three-day weekend and so forth, barbecues,… — Rush Limbaugh
To those of you mourn the loss of a loved one today, my heart goes out to you. We remember that the blessings that we… — Barack Obama
Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all our service men and women past and present. You are not forgotten! — Courteney Cox
To our Soldiers: Thank you again and again, you will always matter, not only on this Memorial Day but every day! — Nathan East
I dedicate my love and whole heart this Memorial Day to my Dad, a soldier, who like many others, suffers in silence with pride and… — Pink

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