Browsing Topic Best Pearl Harbor Day Quotes

The parallels between 9/11 and Pearl Harbor are striking. In each instance there were warning signs before the attack, and in each instance our government failed to connect the dots.

Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem from that.

December 7, 1941. A date which will live in infamy.

Yesterday, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan… We will gain the inevitable triumph so help us God.

Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.

We must be the great arsenal of democracy. For us this is an emergency as serious as war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would show were we at war.

The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.

The American People in their Righteous Might will win through to Absolute Victory.

Today at Pearl Harbor, veterans are gathering to pay tribute to the young men they remember who never escaped the sunken ships. And over the years, some Pearl Harbor veterans have made a last request. They ask that their ashes be brought down and placed inside the USS Arizona. After the long lives given them, they wanted to rest besides the best men they ever knew. Such loyalty and love remain the greatest strength of the United States Navy.

The eyes of the world are upon you.

We must be the great arsenal of Democracy.

No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.

The fate of the Empire rests on this enterprise. Every man must devote himself totally to the task in hand.

After the Battle of Midway there was a week in a rest camp at Pearl Harbor.

Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!