Quotes on American Veterans

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

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

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.

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

**** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

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.

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.