Veterans Quotes

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

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 task go until it's been done.

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world.

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

The precondition to freedom is security.

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 countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.

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 our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

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 also their family. Their family is having to go through all the hardships and the stresses.

Tragically, the effort to make America and the world safer and to defend freedom around the world is not without an enormous cost to this Nation in terms primarily of lost lives and those who bear the scars and the wounds of war, and their families who must bear these losses.

The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect.

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

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.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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 his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.