“You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers.”
Armed Forces Day Quotes
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Armed Forces Day Quotes
“Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.”
“Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.”
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”
“It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.”
Source: The Lincoln treasury
“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.”
Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist
“I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.”
Source: Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)
Source: Memoirs, correspondence and private papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. by T.J. Randolph
“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.”
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
“The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.”
Source: The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell
“For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail?”
Source: Powerful Poems (Annotated Edition)
“He loves his country best who strives to make it best.”
Source: Life and letters
“When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?”
Source: Poetical Works ...: Comprising the Whole of the Satires, Odes, Songs, and Other Poems
“Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.”
“It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.”
“Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.”
“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”
Source: Poems of modern thought
“I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.”
“To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
Source: Five Books of Song
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
“Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict.”
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”
“No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958