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It is easy to take liberty for
granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
— Dick Cheney
This nation will remain the
land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
— Elmer Davis
I like to see a man proud of
the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his
place will be proud of him. — Abraham Lincoln
Freedom is never free. —
Author Unknown
How important it is for us to
recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
— Maya Angelou
Lord, bid war's trumpet cease;
Fold the whole earth in peace.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
The patriot's blood is the
seed of Freedom's tree. — Thomas Campbell
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
The stern hand of fate has
scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting
things that matter for a nation; the great peaks of honour we had
forgotten - duty and patriotism, clad in glittering white; the great
pinnacle of sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to heaven. —
David Lloyd George
In war, there are no unwounded
soldiers. — José Narosky
When our perils are past,
shall our gratitude sleep? — George Canning
For what avail the plough or
sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We often take for granted the
very things that most deserve our gratitude. — Cynthia Ozick
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
How far that little candle
throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
— William Shakespeare
Where liberty dwells, there is
my country. — Benjamin Franklin
He loves his country best who
strives to make it best. — Robert G. Ingersoll
Then join hand in hand, brave
Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
— John Dickinson
No one who achieves success
does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and
confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. — Author Unknown
But fame is theirs - and
future days
On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise;
Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead -
"These for their country fought and bled."
— Philip Freneau
My God! How little do my
countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of,
and which no other people on earth enjoy! — Thomas Jefferson
I can no other answer make,
but, thanks, and thanks. — William Shakespeare
May the sun in his course
visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own
country! — Daniel Webster
Feeling gratitude and not
expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
— William Arthur Ward
No one is more cherished in
this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank
you. — Author Unknown
Silent gratitude isn't much
use to anyone. — G.B. Stern
No duty is more urgent than
that of returning thanks. — James Allen
The hardest arithmetic to
master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
— Eric Hoffer
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Quotations for Armed Forces Day