1. “This nation will remain the land of the free only as long as it is home of the brave.” ― Elmer Davis
2. “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.” –Thucydides
3. “Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
4. “Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
5. “Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.” ― Unknown
6. “No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.” ― Gen. Douglas MacArthur
7. ”The brave die never, though they sleep in dust, their courage nerves a thousand living men.” ― Minot J. Savage
8. “As we set today aside to honor and thank our veterans, let us be mindful that we should do this every day of the year and not just one.” ― Beth Pennington
9. “It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” ― Norman Schwarzkopf
10. “Liberty isn’t free, despite the fact that we ‘freely’ disregard that fact.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
11. “In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”- Martin Luther King Jr
12. “For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.” ― James A. Garfield
13. “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived.” ― George S. Patton
14. “The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” ― Benjamin Disraeli
15. “Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.”- John Adams
16. “Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.” ― Wallace Bruce
17. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” ― Cynthia Ozick
18. “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory there would be no civilization, no future.” ― Elie Wiesel
19. “What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.” ― Christopher Gadsden
20. “Over all our happy country – over all our Nation spread, is a band of noble heroes– is our Army of the Dead.”- Will Carleton
21. “The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree.” -Thomas Campbell
22. “True patriotism isn’t cheap. It’s about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.” ― Robert Reich
23. “This will remain the land of the free so long as it is the home of the brave.” — Elmer Davis
24. “There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.”- Nick Lampson
25. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” ― Joseph Campbell
26. “Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world. A veteran does not have that problem.” ― Ronald Reagan
27. “Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.” ― James Bryce
28. “Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” ― Adlai Stevenson II
29. “I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.”- Bob Riley
30. “Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” ― G.K. Chesterson
31. “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.” ― Joseph Rodman Drake
32. “He loves his country best who strives to make it best.” ― Robert G. Ingersoll
33. “Without heroes, we are all plain people, and don’t know how far we can go.” ― Bernard Malamud
34. “Never was so much owed by so many few.” ― Winston Churchill
35. “We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
36. “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” ― Elmer Davis
37. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”- Nathan Hale
38. “I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it’s marked by the blood of those who died defending it.”- John Thune
39. “Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
40. “Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.” ― Barack Obama
41. “A man is a patriot if his heart beats true to his country.” ― Charles E. Jefferson
42. “America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.” ― Claudia Pemberton
43. “The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.” ― Minot J. Savage
44. “Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.” ― John Dickinson
45. “May we never forget freedom isn’t free.” ― Unknown
