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They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.
True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.
Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all our service men and women past and present. You are not forgotten!
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.
The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.
As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.
They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.
Their silent wounds have speech More eloquent than men; Their tones can deeper reach Than human voice or pen.
Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead.
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
To our Soldiers: Thank you again and again, you will always matter, not only on this Memorial Day but every day!
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours.
Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.
Green sods are all their monument; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids.
Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.
But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.
There's no greater city between Memorial Day and Labor Day than Chicago. It's the single best summer city in America.
We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be called murderers.
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day.
We must be prepared to make the same heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war.
And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.
Fold him in his country's stars. Roll the drum and fire the volley! What to him are all our wars, What but death bemocking folly?
Alas, how can we help but mourn When hero bosoms yield their breath! A century itself may bear But once the flower of such a death.
I am proud to be an American. Because an American can eat anything on the face of this earth as long as he has two pieces of bread.
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
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.
The Flag still floats unblotted with defeat! But ah the blood that keeps its ripples red, The starry lives that keep its field alight.
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave
Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
I dedicate my love and whole heart this Memorial Day to my Dad, a soldier, who like many others, suffers in silence with pride and honor.
I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.
Soldier, rest! Thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Dream of battled fields no more. Days of danger, nights of waking.
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.
Some of the shells brought my heart into my mouth; lying there waiting for them was intolerable. I was sure I was going to be blown to pieces.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee.
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.
Their own souls rose and cried Alarum when they heard the sudden wail Of stricken freedom and along the gale Saw her eternal banner quivering wide.
One should never allow chaos to develop in order to avoid going to war, because one does not avoid a war but instead puts it off to his disadvantage