Memorial Day Soldiers Quotes

Memorial Day Soldiers Quotes by Thomas Moore, Zell Miller, Thomas Campbell, Minot Judson Savage, Mark Twain, Maya Angelou and many others.

Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth; Rest to each fa

Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth; Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth.
Thomas Moore
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
Zell Miller
The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.
Thomas Campbell
The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
Minot Judson Savage
The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Maya Angelou
Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
Martin Luther
On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!
Thomas William Parsons
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
Benjamin Disraeli
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
Nathan Hale
Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.
Barack Obama
Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.
Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers
They fell, but o’er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.
Francis Marion Crawford
And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers;
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.
George Washington
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
Joseph Campbell