“The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.“
Abraham Lincoln
“Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.“
John Adams
“The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country“
George S. Patton Jr.
“There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.”
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“Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people. You do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out these tasks with which you are entrusted.“
m.A. Jinnah
“We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.”
Winston S. Churchill
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it”
Mark Twain
“While only one day of the year is dedicated to honoring our veterans, American’s must never forget the sacrifices many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedom”
Congressman Randy Neugebauer
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.”
Robin Hayes
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
Nathan Hale
“Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver 5 minutes longer.“
Ronald Reagan
“Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The best.”
George R.R. Martin
“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious“
Oscar Wilde