Memorial Day Quote

Buried under the earth, lies the soldier who fought for his motherland. He did not fight for power or fame; for wealth or gain. He fought because he knew he must; and he died fighting. Such is the heart of a brave soldier. Each Memorial Day quote on this page will move you, and make you realize the price that a soldier has to pay for your freedom.

• Albert Einstein
  I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
  
  
• John H. Jewett
  Our battle-fields, safe in the keeping
  Of Nature's kind, fostering care,
  Are blooming, - our heroes are sleeping,
  And peace broods perennial there.
  
  
• Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
  Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to remind those who shall gather there in after times what manhood could do and dare for right, and what high examples of virtue and valor have gone before them. But let us make our offering to the ever-living soul. Let us build our benefactions in the ever-growing heart, that they shall live and rise and spread in blessing beyond our sight, beyond the ken of man and beyond the touch of time.
  
  
• Lee Greenwood
  And I'm proud to be an American,
  Where at least I know I'm free.
  And I won't forget the men who died,
  Who gave that right to me.
  
  
• John LeGay Brereton
  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.
  
  
• G. K. Chesterton
  Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
  
  
• Thomas Campbell
  Is't death to fall for Freedom's right?
  He's dead alone who lacks her light!
  
  
• Thomas Campbell
  The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.
  
  
• General Omar Bradley
  In war, there is no prize for the runner-up.
  
  
• Francois de la Rochefoucauld
  True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.