Funny Veterans Day Quotes - Page 2

• 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.

  Sun Tzu

  Thank You, Veterans Day, Art

  Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors

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• Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Veterans Day, Peace, War

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• Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Courage, Veterans Day, Strong

  Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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• The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.

  Henry Waxman

  Respect, Military, Pay

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• Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

  Winston Churchill

  Being Strong, Encouraging, Courage

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.395, Da Capo Press

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• Caring for veterans shouldn’t be a partisan issue. It should an American one.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Caring, American Veterans, Issues

  "Honor Sacrifice by Supporting Vets" by Jennifer M. Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 26, 2012.

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• History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

  Ronald Reagan

  Veterans Day, Money, Peace

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1984). “Ronald Reagan”

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• Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Inspiring, Graduation

  Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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• Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

  Winston Churchill

  Being Strong, Veterans Day, Stay Strong

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.395, Da Capo Press

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

  Winston Churchill

  Graduation, Being Strong, Perseverance

  Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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• Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.

  Bill Shuster

  Veterans Day, Responsibility, Our Veterans

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

  Bernard Malamud

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

  Bernard Malamud (2003). “The Natural: A Novel”, p.148, Macmillan

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• The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude.

  Steve Buyer

  Gratitude, Veterans Day, War

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• America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.

  Steve Buyer

  Veterans Day, Years, Us Veterans

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• All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service.

  Oliver North

  Country, Veterans Day, Teacher

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• One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.

  George H. W. Bush

  War, Marching On, Our Veterans

  "Don Imus interviews former President George H.W. Bush". Interview with Don Imus, www.chron.com. September 1, 2004.

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• Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.

  Barbara Bush

  Veterans Day, Work, Home

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• I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"

  Eve Merriam

  Mother, Dream, Veterans Day

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• Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Veterans Day, Military

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• This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

  Elmer Davis

  Country, Courage, Veterans Day

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• Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

  Charles Rangel

  Country, Veterans Day, Sacrifice

  "Fighting for Those Who Fight for Us" by Charles Rangel, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2013.

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• Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are positions may be on policy, as Americans and patriots, we must support all of our soldiers with our thoughts and our prayers.

  Zach Wamp

  Thank You, Veterans Day, Memorial Day

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• You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of us.

  Jim Davis

  Veterans Day, Grateful, Us Veterans

  "'Garfield' creator apologizes for ill-timed Veterans Day comic strip", www.cnn.com. November 12, 2010.

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• But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.

  Thomas Dunn English

  Country, Veterans Day, Memorial Day

  Thomas Dunn English (1885). “The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics: A Collection of Verses Illustrating Some Notable Events in the History of the United States of America, from the Colonial Period to the Outbreak of the Sectional War”

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• We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

  Jennifer Granholm

  Thank You, Gratitude, Veterans Day

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