Quotes on Patriot Day

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

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.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.

All of us have wonders hidden in our breasts, only needing circumstances to evoke them.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.