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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
Sep 24, 2025
All gave some, Some gave all.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee.
Green sods are all their monument; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids.
With the tears a Land hath shed. Their graves should ever be green.
Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all our service men and women past and present. You are not forgotten!
On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!
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.
And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.
Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.
Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all the self-denials - privations, toils, dangers, sufferings, sicknesses, mutilations, life-long hurts and losses, death itself - for some great good, dimly seen but dearly held.
137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.
As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.
Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into peach blossoms.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.
They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.
These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.
Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided republic.
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.
Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.
I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall with our English dead.
They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.
Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.
The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.
There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.
But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.
I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.