Memorial-day Quotes

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.

The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.