Us Veterans Quotes

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.

America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.

America's veterans deserve the very best health care because they've earned it.

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.

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us.

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.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

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.

This year's Veterans Day celebration is especially significant as our country remains committed to fighting the War on Terror and as brave men and women are heroically defending our homeland.

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.

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

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.

To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.

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.

Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.

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.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

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

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.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.

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.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

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