Rene Cassin Quotes

Civic courage is the kind of valor to which the monuments of nations should most of all be reared.

In the many roles I have played in my acting career as military figures, I have simply drawn upon the acts of courage, large and small, I have seen in the men and women with whom I served, and the countless others I met or have come to know through the years.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

I admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedication, their commitment, their discipline, their code of ethics.

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

There's soldiers out there every day that are doing heroic things... We don't need to create them.

I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

One percent of our country is fighting to protect the other 99 percent.

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

I'm not a hero. The military is.

Soldiers are the biggest heroes. No one can be a bigger hero than them.

People consider me a hero, but I turn around and look at the military people overseas. They're the freaking heroes. They're the ones putting their lives on the line for America.

Perhaps the right to authenticity and the reverence of authenticity should be reserved for people like John McCain. John McCain who at his most authentic chose to stay and face years of torture rather than leave before his brothers.

It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.

The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.

I come from a military family.