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:
Everyone in Iraq, Christians and Muslims alike, has suffered because of the war.
One can safely call what it has escalated into World War III That’s absolutely for sure.
I hate Putin's Russia, but love all Russians who are clearly against this crazy war!
"The Congolese people have been through 11 wars and are very tired."
War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.