Patriotic Veteran Quotes

On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

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

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

They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.

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.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

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.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

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.

But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.

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

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.