A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
Joseph Campbell
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America’s quest for freedom
The story of America’s quest for freedom is inscribed on her history in the blood of her patriots.
Randy Vader
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And they who for their country die...
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
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Courage is contagious
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened.
Billy Graham
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For death is no more than...
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
William Penn
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Four things
Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave.
Muhammad
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Freedom to the children
The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children.
William Havard
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Let every nation know
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 the success of liberty.
John F. Kennedy
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On thy grave...
On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!
Thomas William Parsons
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Proud to be an American
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.
Lee Greenwood
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The brave die never
The brave die never, though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
Minot J. Savage
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The legacy of heroes...
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield)
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The patriot’s blood
The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.
Thomas Campbell
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The pinnacle of patriotism
I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
Bob Riley
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They are dead, but...
They are dead; but they live in each Patriot’s breast, And their names are engraven on honor’s bright crest.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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They fell...
They fell, but o’er their glorious grave. Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.
Francis Marion Crawford
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Who kept the faith...
Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.