James T. Walsh Quotes

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced.

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.

I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.

Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity.

Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today.

This year's Veterans Day celebration is especially significant as our country remains committed to fighting the War on Terror and as brave men and women are heroically defending our homeland.

Three thousand miles from home an American army is fighting for you. Everything you hold dear is at stake.

I hope the families of those who perished on the U.S.S. Oklahoma will find comfort and peace in knowing their loved ones' service in defense of our Nation helped in the ultimate fight to protect our liberty.

Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.

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

For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among us. For those who continue to serve, we honor their commitment. For those who return to civilian life, we honor their service.

From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when called, gone where ordered, and defended our nation with honor.

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.

A short, glorious life in service of a greater good - say, the life of the Spartans at Thermopylae, or the pilots in the Battle of Britain, of whom Winston Churchill said 'Never have so many owed so much to so few,' - that is worth praising. But for glory alone? I think not.

Every veteran is a hero.

The selfless actions of these heroes have removed them from their families, businesses and homeland to fight, so that others may experience the liberty awaiting our troops upon safe return to America.

We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.

I extend my deepest gratitude to our Armed Forces and first responders serving both at home and abroad in the war against terrorism.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Dad entered the Second World War like any other man, trying to do the right thing.

My church has an historical emphasis on peace, but we can't enjoy peace without honoring the blood our soldiers shed for it.