“Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.” – Barack Obama
“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” – Benjamin Disraeli
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God such men lived.” – George S. Patton
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” – Ronald Reagan
“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.” – Unknown
“The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.” – Jeff Miller
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
“Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies.” – Barack Obama
“America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.” – Claudia Pemberton
“On this Memorial Day, we honor the sacrifices of prior generations. We honor the sacrifices of the men and women next door.” – Unknown
“Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.” – Adlai Stevenson II
“To those in uniform serving today and to those who have served in the past, we honor you today and every day.” – Unknown
“Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” – Winston Churchill
“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.” – Minot J. Savage
“The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree.” – Thomas 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 Rodman Drake
“Let their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.” – Daniel Webster
“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” – Helen Keller
“In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.” – Barack Obama
“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” – Thomas Jefferson
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” – Nathan Hale
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:13
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” – G.K. Chesterton
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” – G.K. Chesterton
“Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history.” – Mary Roach
“In valor, there is hope.” – Publius Cornelius Tacitus
“Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” – Douglas MacArthur
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” – Thomas Campbell
“A soldier doesn’t fight because he hates what is in front of him; he fights because he loves what is behind him.” – Unknown
“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude.” – Harry S. Truman
“The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.” – Richard Branson
“For love of country, they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.” – James A. Garfield
“Freedom is never free.” – Unknown
“Their sacrifice is a reminder that freedom is never free—it has to be fought for, it has to be protected, and it has to be handed on for them to do the same.” – Tony Blair
“They fell, but o’er their glorious grave floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.” – Francis Marion Crawford
“Memorial Day isn’t just about honoring veterans. It’s honoring those who lost their lives.” – Pete Hegseth
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” – Maya Angelou
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” – James Allen
“The story of America’s quest for freedom is inscribed on her history in the blood of her patriots.” – Randy Vader
“Their lives remind us that freedom is not bought cheaply. It has a cost; it imposes a burden.” – Ronald Reagan
“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 success of liberty.” – John F. Kennedy
“May we never forget freedom isn’t free.” – Unknown
“We come not to mourn our dead soldiers but to praise them.” – Francis A. Walker
“Our freedoms are brought to you courtesy of the lives of those who fought for it.” – Unknown
“The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children.” – William Havard
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy
“The flag still flies because brave men and women have died defending it.” – Unknown