Freedom & Patriotism Quotes On Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a day to remember those who gave their lives in defense of the country.

Here are a few quotes about patriotism and freedom.

 137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy. Doc Hastings

Who sows virtue reaps honor.   --  Leonardo da Vinci

 "Only the dead have seen the end of war." -- Plato ​

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!  -- Alexander Henry

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.  -- John F. Kennedy

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Ronald Reagan

 We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson

 "A hero is someone who has given his of her life to something bigger than oneself." -- Joesph Campbell

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. – Elmer Davis

Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon.  -- John Linder

"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers and woods, it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle." -- George William Curtis

 "All you have to do is hold your first soldier who is dying in your arms, and have that terribly futile feeling that I can't do anything about it... Then you understand the horror of war." -- Norman Schwarzkopf

 "Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war." -- Otto von Bismarck

 "I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism." -- Bob Riley

 Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose. -- Frank Knox

​"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -- Mark Twain

"The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain." -- George McGovern

"The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth." -- Stonewall Jackson

"The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's Tree." -- Thomas Campbell

 "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

"They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this nation." -- Henry Ward Beecher

 Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.  -- George Washington

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

 True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going. Robert Reich

 Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead. Will Carleton

 The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten. Jim Ramstad

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

 America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. -- Abraham Lincoln

​A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.  -- Bob Dyla

Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change. Stephen Covey

 Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.  --Abraham Lincoln

 Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commitment to freedom.  -- Steve Buyer

 In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.  -- John F. Kennedy

​​Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. -- Woodrow Wilson

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.  -- John Locke

 America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.  -- John Doolittle

 The travail of freedom and justice is not easy, but nothing serious and important in life is easy. The history of humanity has been a continuing struggle against temptation and tyranny - and very little worthwhile has ever been achieved without pain.  -- Robert Kennedy

We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail. George W. Bush

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