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“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

“Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.”

“I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.”

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”

“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”

“The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.”

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”

“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.”

“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.”

“All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago”

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

“Freedom cannot be bestowed - it must be achieved.”

“I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free.”

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

“And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”

“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”

“Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into peach blossoms.”

“With the tears a Land hath shed. Their graves should ever be green.”

“Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.”

“On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!”

“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.”

“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.”

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

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

“We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”