Dear Annie, Happy Veterans Day, in honor of our heroes

Dear readers: I wish you a happy Veterans Day. Below are some fun quotes to celebrate these heroes.

“Freedom places great demands on every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Freedom is never free.” — Unknown

“Freedom is nothing more than a chance to become better.” – Albert Camus

“May we think of freedom not as the right to do what we want, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” – Peter Marshall

“Only our individual belief in freedom can keep us free.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Faced with impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.” – Barack Obama

“This nation will remain the land of the free only as long as it is the home of the brave.” – Elmer Davis

“Lord, please stop the trumpet of war; Fold the whole earth in peace. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

“I have lived the literal meaning of ‘land of the free’ and ‘home of the brave.'” To me, it’s not cheesy. I feel it in my heart. I feel it in my chest.” – Chris Kyle

“America’s veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.” – John Doolittle

“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and heroines!” – Maya Angelou

“There are no unwounded soldiers in war.” — Jose Narosky

“A hero is someone who has given their life to something greater than themselves.” – Joseph Campbell

“America without its soldiers would be like God without its angels.” — Claudia Pemberton

“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with their freedom.” – Bob Dylan

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what lies before him, but because he loves what lies behind him.” — GK Chesterton

“It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” – Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass everyone else at all costs, but the urge to serve others at all costs.” – Arthur Ashe

“My only regret is that I only have one life to lose for my country.” – Nathan Hale

“Brave is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and soul.” – Michel de Montaigne

“The battle, Lord, is not only for the strong; it applies to the vigilant, the active, the courageous.” – Patrick Henry

“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong will to live, which is expressed in the willingness to die.” — GK Chesterton

“Never give in – never, never, never, in anything great or small, in anything great or petty, never give in unless you are persuaded by the conviction of honor and common sense. Never give in to violence; Never give in to the seemingly overwhelming power of the enemy.” – Winston Churchill

“Surely the bravest are those who have the clearest idea of ​​what lies before them—glory and danger alike—and face it anyway.” – Thucydides

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” – Mark Twain

“We sleep peacefully in our beds at night only because rough men are willing to commit violence on our behalf.” – George Orwell

“The soldier prays above all for peace, for it is he who must bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” – Douglas MacArthur

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