Memorial Day Remembrance Quotes:
“Whether we observe the occasion through public ceremony or through private prayer, Memorial Day leaves few hearts unmoved. Each of the patriots whom we remember on this day was first a beloved son or daughter, a brother or sister, or a spouse, friend, and neighbor.” Former President George H.W. Bush
“I can’t claim to know the words of all the national anthems in the world, but I don’t know of any other that ends with a question and a challenge as ours does: Does that flag still wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? That is what we must all ask.” Former President Ronald Reagan
“Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world. A veteran does not have that problem.” Former President Ronald Reagan
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We did not pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” Former President Ronald Reagan
“And if words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice.” Former President Ronald Reagan
“On this Memorial Day, it is right for us to remember the living and the dead for whom the call of their country has meant pain and sacrifice. A grateful nation is in their debt.” Former President Lyndon Johnson
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter the words, but to live by them.” Former President John F. Kennedy
“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.” Former President Harry Truman
“Here men endured that a nation might live.” Former President Herbert Hoover
“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” Former President Franklin Roosevelt
“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.” Former President Theodore Roosevelt
“Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.” Former President Calvin Coolidge
“For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.” Former President James Garfield
“We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens. For love of country, they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.” Former President James Garfield
“A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.” Former President Abraham Lincoln
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.” Former President Abraham Lincoln
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin
“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.” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.” General George Patton
“Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what. you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” General Douglas Macarthur
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” Joseph Campbell
“The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree.” Thomas Campbell
“Patriotism is not short, frenzied, outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” Adlai Stevenson
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and sheroes.” Maya Angelou
“Let their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.” Daniel Webster
“I only regret that I have but one life to live for my country.” Nathan Hale
“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” Benjamin Disraeli
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow; Between the crosses, row on row; That mark our place; and in the sky, the larks, still bravely singing, fly; Scarce heard amid the guns below.” John Mccrae
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” Saint Ambrose
“Their sacrifice was the ultimate act of love for their country. May we always remember them.” Unknown
“All gave some. Some gave all. Remember them this Memorial Day.” Unknown
“America’s Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.” John Doolittle
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” Elmer Davis
“The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.” Judd Gregg
“And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb a beauty weeps the brave.” Joseph Drake
“The brave never die, though they sleep in dust, their courage nerves a thousand living men.” Minot J. Savage
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