Browsing Topic Best Military Memorial Quotes

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

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.

They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

They fell, but o’er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them into his Holy keeping.

They are dead; but they live in each Patriot’s breast, And their names are engraven on honor’s bright crest.

A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

There are some who’ve forgotten why we have a military. It’s not to promote war, it’s to be prepared for peace.