Best Veterans Day Sayings
137 Veterans Day quotes by 108 unique authors
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I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with…
— Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
— Billy Graham
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We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the…
— Jennifer Granholm
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A few honest men are better than numbers.
— Oliver Cromwell
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This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
— Elmer Davis
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You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of…
— Jim Davis
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.
— John Doolittle
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It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled…
— Dick Durbin
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Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.
— George Eliot
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America's trying to do the best for its veterans.
— R. Lee Ermey
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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
— Alexander Hamilton
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We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.
— Doc Hastings
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Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can…
— Ernest Hemingway
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From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and…
— John Hoeven
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Have the courage to act instead of react.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
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When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the…
— John Keegan
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As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
— John F. Kennedy
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I'm trying to raise the awareness of the troops that, when they deploy and go to war, it's not just them at war - it's…
— Chris Kyle
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But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in…
— Nick Lampson
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On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to…
— Dan Lipinski
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Who Wrote These Veterans Day Quotes
108 authors contributed a total of 137 Veterans Day Quotes, led by these top contributors: