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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

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. --Author unknown, sometimes attributed to M. Grundler

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. --José Narosky

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. --Elmer Davis

But fame is theirs - and future days
On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise;
Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead -
"These for their country fought and bled."
--Philip Freneau

Freedom is never free. --Author Unknown

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. --Gary Hart

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? --George Canning

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. --John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. --Michel de Montaigne

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?" --Eve Merriam

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. --Cynthia Ozick

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

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! --Maya Angelou

When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. --Chinese Proverb

The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums. --Arthur Koestler, Janus: A Summing Up

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war. --Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms.  It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. --G.K. Chesterton

How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
--William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, much later adapted to "So shines a good deed in a weary world" by David Seltzer for the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned.  When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. --Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935