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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.

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Most quoted on veterans day:

There is no pattern to who lives and who dies in war . . . In war, people die because they do. - Dr Ahmet Talzani

Scott Anderson Triage (1998)

Defense is the first act of war.

Byron Katie

War is not high ideals. War is not noble objectives. War is not gallant heroism. War is not sacrificial devotion.

Kirby Page Must We Go to War? (1937)

Ward: Abba Poemen said, "Teach your mouth to say what is in your heart."

Poemen

A war is completely unavoidable.

Margarita Simonyan

I am opposed to dividing them in times of peace into racial or religious groupings, as I am opposed to so dividing them in times of war.

Dennis Chávez

Being from the “Star Wars” generation, trilogies are important to me.

Liniers Interview (2021)

...War in Spain remains ‘unfinished business’, and not only inside Spain itself, but across Europe, and in Britain too.

Helen Graham

Being in the army,we should pray more that they should stop the war because it was not going to help us and it did not help us.

Josephine Okwuekeleke Tolefe

The wars of independence that were fought throughout the African continent and the world beyond the African continent were linked.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò Interview with Democracy Now (2023)

Satisfied, filled with the warmth of the bright sun, the birds were singing cheerfully, oblivious of the war taking over the world. ("Blitz")

Esther Kreitman Yikhes (1949)

Through proper commitment, strategies, planning and funding, it is possible to find solutions â€“ like any other developed country. It begins with patriotism

Chana Pilane-Majake Agenda 2023 can only be realised through capable states- Deputy Minister Pilane-Majake (2023)

I believe that backfired and helped me immensely, that and the fact that I worked harder, rang more doorbells and visited more homes in the ward.

Joan Barr

If you were to ask me where all this courage comes from, I would say only God knows

Lesego Motsepe

"Building is harder than war."

Ahmed al-Sharaa

Let us continue to embrace unity, peace, and patriotism as we work together to deepen our democracy and create a brighter future for generations to come.

Stella Foluke

Most of our young people have lost their sense of patriotism and direction. Our people have also lost their sense of patriotism

Philip Valerio Sibanda

Africa gave me the courage to try it.

Peace Hyde

For my mother, the lingering pain of that war was waking up and finding that the shrines had been systematically looted.

Chika Okeke-Agulu

But I am not a painter of war; I was just painting at a time when there was a war

Aboudia

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