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Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.
Sep 29, 2025
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.
The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.
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.
While we can never truly repay the debt we owe our heroes, the least we should do for our brave veterans is to ensure that the government takes a proactive approach to delivering the services and benefits they have earned, so they can access the care they need and so richly deserve.
You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of us.
Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It's a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it.
When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
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.
Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.
Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are positions may be on policy, as Americans and patriots, we must support all of our soldiers with our thoughts and our prayers.
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.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
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.
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.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
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.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"
Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
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