Best Veterans Day Quotations
137 Veterans Day quotes by 108 unique authors
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Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
— Abraham Lincoln
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I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I…
— James Longstreet
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The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
— Douglas MacArthur
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Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
— Douglas MacArthur
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We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.
— Douglas MacArthur
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Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
— Douglas MacArthur
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Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.
— Bernard Malamud
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In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
— H. L. Mencken
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The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
— Jeff Miller
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I believe that the role of limited government should be looking after the needs of veterans, the elderly, children and those institutions that improve the…
— Moby
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Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
— Michel de Montaigne
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Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture, and how the…
— Bernard Law Montgomery
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Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.
— Horatio Nelson
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While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow…
— Randy Neugebauer
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To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long…
— Solomon Ortiz
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
— George Orwell
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If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
— Thomas Paine
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These are the times that try men's souls.
— Thomas Paine
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
— George S. Patton
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Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
— George S. Patton
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Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
— Ronald Reagan
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History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
— Ronald Reagan
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Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
— Norman Schwarzkopf
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Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.
— Norman Schwarzkopf
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108 authors contributed a total of 137 Veterans Day Quotes, led by these top contributors: