Arcs Quote by David Elazar

A measure of victory has been won, and honors have been bestowed in token thereof. But honours fade or are forgotten, and monuments crumble…

— Elizabeth Kenny

“Later still, the war memorials would sprout from the earth, dwelling not on the loss, but on what the loss had won, and what…

— M.L. Stedman

But monument themselves memorials need.

— George Crabbe

What we dedicate today is not a memorial to war, rather it's a tribute to the physical and moral courage that makes heroes out…

— Bob Dole

Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors preparing for…

— Howard Zinn

There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Winners of wars get a standing start in the post-war stakes of remembrance.

— Norman Davies

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

— William Hazlitt

A monument's dimensions should be determined by the importance to civilization of the events commemorated.

— Gutzon Borglum

MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

— Ambrose Bierce

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments…

— John Lothrop Motley

This is our problem, our dilemma, yes? We cannot celebrate and declare ourselves to belong to the victorious nations because our brothers and our…

— Manfred Rommel