Veterans Quotes: top 100 famous quotes about Veterans

Veterans Quotes & Sayings

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I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war. — Robert Jay Lifton

America's veterans deserve the very best health care because they've earned it. — Jim Ramstad

I'm extremely grateful to all the first responders, veterans and their families for all their sacrifices. — Taya Kyle

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day. — Charles B. Rangel

The atrocities of war are only overshadowed by the heroism of their dead. — Todd Stocker

Whether it's developers or industry veterans on the business side, top talent likes to work together. — Brendan Iribe

It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. — Zell Miller

I come from a district where the veterans are not the richest in the country. — Corrine Brown

We've found when soldiers help other soldiers, or military members of any service, it helps them, too. — Valerie Ormond

If you want to reinstate the 14.4 billion dollars that Bush cut out of the veterans program then vote democrat. — David Cross

color, from badger-colored veterans who could handle — Rudyard Kipling

Do not wait and hope to be discovered ... make yourself so you cannot be denied! — Jamie McCall

One of the primary reasons I first ran for Congress was to be a voice for our troops, veterans and military families. — Kirsten Gillibrand

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

Because Vietnam was not a declared war, the veterans are not even eligible for the G. I. Bill of Rights with respect to education or anything. — Ronald Reagan

Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences. — Phil Klay

A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general. — Henry George Bohn

I am super proud of being an American, but we fail our veterans every day. — Laurie Halse Anderson

It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle. — Norman Schwarzkopf

I spent five years working very hard to develop a relationship with the veterans' service organizations. We have together worked some major projects. — Eric Shinseki

Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

How else to explain the accomplishments of a warrior such as Artemis Entreri, who could outfight many drow veterans ten times his age? — R.A. Salvatore

Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World. — Mary Chapin Carpenter

we're-veterans-and-you're-not — Barbara Longley

Makin' veterans run for medicine,
Cause I put out more lights in a fight than ConEdison. — Kool G Rap

To sacrifice anything is of great honor. To sacrifice everything is of God. — Todd Stocker

Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel! — Winfield Scott

I think our veterans certainly deserve and have earned the best health care in the world. — Phil Roe

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

I will continue to work diligently in Congress to ensure that our veterans receive the benefits and care that they have earned and deserve. — Todd Tiahrt

Times were tough but when you're
young and have a loving family you know that you will all get through it. — Bob Richardson

The moon gives you light, and the bugles and the drums give you music, and my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans, my heart gives you love. — Walt Whitman

You'll be scared! Sure you'll be scared. Who wouldn't fear having their head completely blown off. — Giulio Douhet

Sound advice comes from veterans of pain. — Charles R. Swindoll

If you can't afford to take care of your # veterans , then don't go to war. — Bernie Sanders

Killing is the ultimate refutation of our own humanity. — Kevin Sites

Be your OWN celebrity! — Jamie McCall

We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay. — Doc Hastings

Forget the veterans. They havent told me anything, and they better not come tell me anything, either. — Miguel Cabrera

The guts carry the feet, not the feet the guts. — Miguel De Cervantes

One legged veterans will greet the dawn, and they're whistling marches as they mow the lawn, and the gargoyles on sit and grieve. — Phil Ochs

The most certain way of ensuring victory is to march briskly and in good order against the enemy, always endeavouring to gain ground. — Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of us. — Jim Davis

When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting. — Karl Marlantes

I have veterans in my family. But I didn't know anything about DAV, Disabled American Veterans. — Gary Sinise

I always want to portray veterans in a positive light, and since I got into acting full time, I've made that part of my goal. — Jon Huertas

Having been to war myself, I do not understand why so many people are so in love with it. — Michel Templet

When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem, — Johnny Isakson

We have met the enemy and they are ours. — Oliver Hazard Perry

Marriage - as its veterans know well - is the continuous process of getting used to things you hadn't expected. — Thomas Mullen

Clinics are clogged with too many veterans who don't need to be there, siphoning resources from those, like Eddie, who do. — Laura Beil

We need our veterans to set an example, like being the first ones there. A veteran is entitled to a bigger paycheck, but not a special set of rules. — Jim Leyland

In the aftermath, we are because they were. — RJ Heller

Napoleon was criticized for giving "toys" to war-hardened veterans, and Napoleon replied, "Men are ruled by toys. — Dale Carnegie

On Veterans Day, we take time to honor those men and women who bravely serve and have served our nation in the U.S. Armed Forces. — Todd Tiahrt

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

One difficulty that someone who has been in military/government service during war has, is reconciling his/her pride with their horror. — Kari Martindale

They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom! — Mel Gibson

SHOCK ABSORBERS
Veterans scream in their dreams, reliving nightmares so that we can sleep peacefully — Kamil Ali

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one. — H.L. Mencken

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Suicide is now the leading cause of death for US service members and veterans, far outstripping combat-related deaths. — Cara Hoffman

I hear daily from Hoosier veterans who are forced to wait months on end for their disability claims to be processed. Unfortunately, this is typical. — Jackie Walorski

Perfect Valor is to do, without a witness, all that we could do before the whole world. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I had lots of friends who were fighting in Vietnam and I am still friends with veterans of the war. — Gordon Lightfoot

Our veterans deserve the very best, and that means ensuring that America's veterans receive high-quality services and cares when they come back home. — Elizabeth Warren

Small changes among the masses, can have a massive impact across the world. — Dennis Nappi II

I think America as a whole has come more to terms with separating war from the warrior. — Jeffrey Dunn

NBC has suspended Brian Williams for six months without pay. Williams said he's not worried because soon his veterans benefits will kick in. — Conan O'Brien

We are dealing with veterans, not procedures; with their problems, not ours. — Omar N. Bradley

The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude. — Jeff Miller

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After 'Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder. — Jan Karon

I remain committed to improving the government services to which Hudson Valley veterans are entitled. — Sue Kelly

Truth has a resonance to it that fills the cracks where falsehoods lie. — Rick DeStefanis

Killing people is easier than it should be." Dad put on his beret. "Staying alive is harder. — Laurie Halse Anderson

The nicest veterans in Schenectady, I thought, the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who'd really fought. — Kurt Vonnegut

My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice. — Steven Spielberg

we're all veterans of a fucked-up world. No one gets out without their scars. Some of us just hide them better than others." She — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I'm sick of the cover-ups, I'm sick of the lies, and so are the bloody veterans, that come out daily of the department's mouth. — Malcolm Turnbull

They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation. — Henry Ward Beecher

I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been polished, like a geode. — Maya Lin

I want people to get involved and to connect with veterans. — Max Martini

Like the archers of Agincourt, John O'Neal and the 254 Swiftboat Veterans took down their own haughty Frenchman. — Ann Coulter

We've got to continue to find ways to honor our 25 million veterans that have served our country with such honor and distinction. — Zach Wamp

There will be no veterans of World War III. — Walter F. Mondale

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. — Douglas MacArthur

I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there. — Gary Sinise

But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye. — Thomas Dunn English

The truth will set you free! — Linda Diane Wattley

The world doesn't owe anyone a living - including veterans. — Frank D. Gilroy

Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called. — Bill Shuster

55 percent - about 1.4 million veterans among this generation - said they feel disconnected from civilian life in America. — Howard Schultz

One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans. — George H. W. Bush

We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans. — Jim McDermott

It is essential that we provide the best possible care for our wounded and disabled veterans. — Tom Udall

The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win. — Molly Ivins

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America. — R. Lee Ermey

There never was a good war or a bad revolution. — Edward Abbey

One look at each other and it was immediately understood that they both needed a clean slate,,, The obliteration of memory. — Colum McCann

I find it significant that most military veterans become pacifists. — Michel Templet