Quotes May 31, 2021

“And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.”
Lee Greenwood
 
 
 
 
“This is the day we pay homage to all those who didn’t come home. This is not Veterans Day, it’s not a celebration, it is a day of solemn contemplation over the cost of freedom.”
Tamra Bolton
 
 
 
 
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.”
G.K. Chesterton
 
 
 
 
“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.”
Sun Tzu
 
 
 
 
“Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.”
Jennifer M. Granholm
 
 
 
 
“May we never forget our fallen comrades. Freedom isn’t free.”
Sgt. Major Bill Paxton
 
 
 
 
“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
Theodore Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
“We take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
Cynthia Ozick
 
 
 
 
“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
 
 
 
 
“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”
Adlai Stevenson II
 
 
 
 
“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.”
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
 
 
 
 
“America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.”
Claudia Pemberton
 
 
 
 
“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”
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