Memorial Day Quotes

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

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

Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.

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.

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.

Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.

I figure if Doc is right about the time I have left,I should wrap up my adolescence in the next few days, get into my early productive stages about the third week of school, go through my midlife crisis during Martin Luther King Jr's birthday, redouble my efforts at productivity and think about my legacy, say, Easter, and start cashing in my 401(k)s a couple weeks before Memorial Day.

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

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.

We should not take a Memorial Day recess until we pass a proper memorial for the slain students in Littleton, Colorado, and other school gun tragedies.