Best Veterans Day Quotes
137 Veterans Day quotes by 108 unique authors
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Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.
— Charles Rangel
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Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.
— Richard Watson Gilder
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That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified one thing; the dash, the ingenuity, the readiness at the…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01…
— Oliver North
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I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I…
— Bob Hope
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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 as deeply as…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.
— Philip Sidney
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The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives…
— Judd Gregg
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I think America as a whole has come more to terms with separating war from the warrior.
— Unknown Author
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If anyone, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him - it means just what Concord and Lexington meant; what Bunker…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.
— Henry Waxman
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I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.
— Ira Hayes
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You'll be scared! Sure you'll be scared. Who wouldn't fear having their head completely blown off.
— Giulio Douhet
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War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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Freedom is never free.
— Maya Angelou
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When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.
— Karl Marlantes
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While we can never truly repay the debt we owe our heroes, the least we should do for our brave veterans is to ensure that…
— Kirsten Gillibrand
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While we can't begin to repay the debt we owe our veterans for their brave service, we can certainly take steps to ease the physical,…
— Kirsten Gillibrand
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On Veterans Day, we take time to honor those men and women who bravely serve and have served our nation in the U.S. Armed Forces.
— Todd Tiahrt
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The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.
— Sebastian Junger
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The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.
— Molly Ivins
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The precondition to freedom is security.
— Rand Beers
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Freedom lies in being bold.
— Robert Frost
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Either war is obsolete, or men are.
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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108 authors contributed a total of 137 Veterans Day Quotes, led by these top contributors: