Marquis de Lafayette Quotes

Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

A man's best gift to his country—his life's blood.

A good subject makes it his rule to prefer the public welfare to everything else, bravely to sacrifice his fortune, and his private interests, and even his life, for the preservation of the state; and to employ all his abilities and his industry to advance the honor, and to procure the advantage of his native country.

How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel.

Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.

There's a lot of people that fought for their country and that's not something to be taken lightly. They gave their life, everything they had, they gave their lives, to give us what we have. That's why I'm so passionate about my beliefs - because someone died.

The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.

I gave my life for freedom--This I know; For those who bade me fight had told me so.

What pity it is That we can die but once for our country!

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country in his heart and not with his lips only, follow me.

I would die for my country ... but I would not let my country die for me.

There is but one task for all— For each one life to give. Who stands if freedom fall? Who dies if England live?

Blessed is that country whose soldiers fight for it and are willing to give the best they have, the best that any man has, their own lives, to preserve it, because they love it. Such an army the United States has always commanded in every crisis of its history.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.

I grew up in a house where service to the country was a way of life, not a means of reaching a personal goal.

If you want to serve in a Trump administration, you're going to serve this country, not yourself.

I believe in the idea of sacrifice and fighting for what's right and giving something back to the country that's given me so much.

I appreciate our men and women in uniform so much. They are the real heroes. I can't fathom the selflessness involved in serving our country.

Veterans are a symbol of what makes our nation great, and we must never forget all they have done to ensure our freedom.

Like so many others, my military career was anchored by a calling to give back to a country that had given me so much.

Remembering servicemen and women who lost their lives for their country is not about you. It is not about your rights or what you believe in. It is about respect.

I'm here to serve the country.

If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.