Famous Quotes & Sayings

Todd Tiahrt

On Veterans Day, we take time to honor those men and women who bravely serve and have served our nation in the U.S. Armed Forces.

A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

Philip Sidney

A brave captain is as a root, out of which, as branches, the courage of his soldiers doth spring.

Maya Angelou

Freedom is never free.

Solomon Ortiz

To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long overdue benefits for the veterans and military retirees who have already served.

Steven Spielberg

My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice.

Steve Buyer

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.

Steve Buyer

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

Steve Buyer

Because all of us believe and understand in the fabric of the common bond of why we call ourselves American is to care for the men and women who wear the uniform; and when they take off the uniform, we care for them when they are veterans.

Sue Kelly

The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.

You can't do that. We're a veteran team.

Miguel Olivo

The veterans do the same things. It's a part of baseball. We can't say it's just because we're young.

Thomas Paine

These are the times that try men's souls.

Thomas Paine

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Jill Scott

I love when I am around a veteran in [show] business. Because I can dig and ask questions, and find out the "who" and "what" of it all.

Jim Bridenstine

Disabled veterans are not a bargaining chip.

George Bernard Shaw

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Erich Maria Remarque

No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in Chance and trusts his luck.

It's going to go a long way to recognizing the outstanding work done by veteran teachers.

Caroline Paul

In a fire, you have to be thoughtful; you have to have a certain kind of intuitive smarts that the veterans have. I'm not there yet, despite the Stanford degree.

Moby

I believe that the role of limited government should be looking after the needs of veterans, the elderly, children and those institutions that improve the quality of life for struggling families - I don't believe that government should bend to serve the needs of subsidized multi-national corporations and entitled billionaires.

Miguel Cabrera

Forget the veterans. They havent told me anything, and they better not come tell me anything, either.

Jimmy Carter

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

Henry Ward Beecher

If anyone, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him - it means just what Concord and Lexington meant; what Bunker Hill meant; which was, in short, the rising up of a valiant young people against an old tyranny to establish the most momentous doctrine that the world had ever known - the right of men to their own selves and to their liberties.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.

James Longstreet

I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy.

Eric Shinseki

More importantly, if you are in a position to hire, hire a veteran. They will be the best employees you have.

John McCain

So when someone, a veteran stands up and say, "Here are the facts on the VA." He [Donald Trump] says, "No, your facts are wrong." Turns out her facts are right and his facts are wrong.

Lisa Kleypas

I’ll tell you what I’m fighting for. Not for England, nor her allies, nor any patriotic cause. It’s all come down to the hope of being with you..

Jim Ramstad

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