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America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.
Sep 30, 2025
Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
Once over there [Balkans], I felt extremely patriotic. Here are these people, from 18-year-olds to military veterans, enduring real duress for the cause of peace. I don't ever want to play for a regular audience again, only military folks who are starving for music.
Always do everything you ask of those you command.
Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.
It is extremely disappointing to me to see that even now when leading Democrats and even military veterans try to make our energy future an area of common ground and not a battleground, they are still being rebuffed by dirty energy devotees in both parties and undermined overall by the polluter lobby.
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.
Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
In war there is no substitute for victory.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.
We have met the enemy and they are ours.
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.
In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.
**** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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