Community Chat

[Cakers3]

"Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." -- Michel de Montaigne

"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 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." -- President George Washington

"It's about how we treat our veterans every single day of the year. It's about making sure they have the care they need and the benefits that they've earned when they come home. It's about serving all of you as well as you've served the United States of America."
--President Barack Obama

"On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free." -- Dan Lipinski

"Without heroes, we are all plain people, and don't know how far we can go."-- Bernard Malamud

"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys. Look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death!" --Sun Tzu

And on of my favorites:

"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." -- José Narosky

Thank you Dad, thank you DH, thank you DS.  My life is better for everything you have done.

[cherry]

The quote from Churchill was said for those in Britian that served in the forces .I think it also applies to all men/ women who fought to preserve freedom ,no matter what country

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Never was so much owed by so many to so few" was a wartime speech made by the British prime minister Winston Churchill on 20 August 1940. The name stems from the specific line in the speech, Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few, referring to the ongoing efforts of the Royal Air Force crews who were at the time fighting the Battle of Britain, the pivotal air battle with the German Luftwaffe with Britain expecting an invasion. Pilots who fought in the battle have been known as The Few ever since; at times being specially commemorated on 15 September, "Battle of Britain Day".