Memorial Day Sayings And Quotes

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“Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?”
– Henry Ward Beecher

“The average American is nothing if not patriotic.”
– Herbert Croly

“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”
– Irish Headstone

“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.”
– James A. Baldwin

“For love of country they accepted death…”
– James A. Garfield

“Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.”
– James Bryce

“Green sods are all their monuments; and yet it tells
A nobler history than pillared piles,
Or the eternal pyramids.”
– James Gates Percival, The Graves of the Patriots

“Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.”
– Jennifer M. Granholm

“Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic.”
– John A. Logan

“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

“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
– John F. Kennedy

“Our battle-fields, safe in the keeping
Of Nature‘s kind, fostering care,
Are blooming, – our heroes are sleeping, -
And peace broods perennial there.”
– John H. Jewett

“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.”
– John LeGay Brereton

“While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation, one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan.”
– John Linder

“As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation’s wars.”
– John M McHugh

“Dead upon the field of glory, Hero fit for song and story.”
– John Randolph Thompason

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
– Joseph Campbell

“And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”
– Joseph Drake

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
– Kahlil Gibran

“Life hangs as nothing in the scale against dear Liberty!”
– Lucy Larcom

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”
– Mark Twain

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear”
– Mark Twain

“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”
– Maya Angelou

“There’s intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.”
– Michael Ignatieff

“These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.”
– Michael N. Castle

“God bless the men & women who have given their life serving this great country. This Memorial Day, remember them in your thoughts & prayers.”
– Michael Schlact

“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”
– Minot J Savage

“To our Soldiers: Thank you again and again, you will always matter, not only on this Memorial Day but every day!”
– Nathan East

“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
– Nathan Hale

“It’s always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it’s always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.”
– Paddy Chayefsky

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