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"The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission."



John F. Kennedy



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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.

Robin Hayes
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The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem.

Aaron Kilbourn
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They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this nation.

Henry Ward Beecher
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They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, and their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.

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

George S. Patton Jr.
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We cherish too, the Poppy red that grows on fields where valor led, it seems to signal to the skies that blood of heroes never dies.

Moina Michael
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The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.

Abraham Lincoln
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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
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In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Martin Luther King Jr.
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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.

Mark Twain
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Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans; it's honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It's a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it.

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

Minot J. Savage
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I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

Bob Riley
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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Joseph Campbell
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Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

Harry S. Truman
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A hero is someone who has given their life to something bigger than themselves.

Joseph Campbell
Memorial Day

The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

Jeff Miller
Memorial Day

May we never forget our fallen comrades. Freedom isn't free.

Sgt. Major Bill Paxton
Memorial Day

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

Benjamin Disraeli
Memorial Day

Heroism is not only in the man but in the occasion.

Calvin Coolidge
Memorial Day

For love of country, they accepted death.

James A. Garfield
Memorial Day

We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.

Francis A. Walker
Memorial Day

America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.

Claudia Pemberton
Memorial Day

The patriot's blood is the seed of freedom's tree.

Thomas Campbell
Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, let us honor those who have fallen while serving their country. We owe them our gratitude and support, not just on this day, but every day.

Unknown
Memorial Day

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.

George William Curtis
Memorial Day

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Memorial Day

Freedom is never free.

Unknown
Memorial Day

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Billy Graham
Memorial Day

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Memorial Day

America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.

Paul Tsongas
Memorial Day

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Day

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission.

John F. Kennedy
Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a time to honor, reflect, and remember those who've made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

Sam Brownback
Memorial Day

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.

Father Dennis Edward O'Brien
Memorial Day

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.

John F. Kennedy
Memorial Day

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke
Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, let us honor those who gave their lives for our country. My their sacrifice be a constant reminder of the cost of our freedom.

Unknown
Memorial Day

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever the cost.

Arthur Ashe
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