Veterans Quotes
Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.
Richard Watson Gilder
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
Elmer Davis
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
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
Benjamin Franklin
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
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each others children.
Jimmy Carter
Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.
Plautus
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory!
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win the war, by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!
Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.
As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees.
Solomon Ortiz
The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums.
Arthur Koestler
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence. It is force, and like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington
