Veterans Day Quotes
Nothing on this page was written for Veterans Day. It is built from four pages, War, Courage, Patriotism and Gratitude, and the mix is not tidy. The war page contains plenty of writers who hated it, and the patriotism page contains Bertrand Russell remarking in 1962 that patriots talk of dying for their country and never of killing for it.
That makes the page more honest than a greeting card and less convenient. If you need a line of thanks, the gratitude entries are the safest place to look. If you want something that sounds like a speech, read the notes first, because some of the best-known patriotic lines here are flagged as misattributed.
Most quoted on veterans day:
Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.
I want there to be no war. We are all humans. We were all born to live a worthy life.
I have a dream. I have only one dream. I'm dreaming of a world without war.
Does anyone have the courage to portray the character of Prophet Muhammad in movies?
Good ideas in education cost nothing, except the courage to have them and want to implement them.
The courage that you have when you’re in love is really what I hope resonates.
I would like to see an end to wars and women presidents who would better develop our continent.
To anticipate & prevent disastrous contingencies would be the part of wisdom & patriotism.
A crown of olives on his helm he had,
As if in peace and war he were adrad.
In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.