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Friday, November 11, 2011

Famous Quotes for All Veterans on Veterans Day 2011

  • 1. We make war that we may live in peace. – Aristotle
  • 2. Freedom is never free. – Author unknown
  • 3. When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? – George Canning
  • 4. This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. – Elmer Davis
  • 5. Nobody ever drowned in sweat. – US Marines
  • 6. In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. – Jose Narosky
  • 7. Many become brave when brought to bay. – Norwegian proverb
  • 8. Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. – George S. Patton
  • 9. It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. – Unknown
  • 10. In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. – Mark Twain
  • 11. There never was a good war or a bad peace. – Benjamin Franklin
  • 12. Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. – George Bernard Shaw
  • 13. Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it. – Irving Berlin
  • 14. Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • 15. Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them. – Napoleon Bonaparte
  • 16. History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. – Ronald Reagan
  • 17. Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice. – Lyn Yutang
  • 18. Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. – Michel de Montaigne
  • 19. Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men. – George Patton
  • 20. Have the courage to act instead of react. – Earlene Larson Jenks

2 comments:

want said...

Great quotes you got here..
"Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn’t give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war."
George S. Patton

Military-Civilian said...

Thank you, and that's a great quote you have there yourself!