Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

The real heroes were my good buddies who died during the battles.

Spare all I have, and take my life.

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

They died to save their country, and they only saved the world.

For months people have been begging me to come here for this Kamikaze operation. We will die well. The fact that we are taking a role in a great moment is history is a great honor.

We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess — their very lives.

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

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

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

We who go out to die shall be remembered, because we gave the world peace. That will be our reward, though we will know nothing of it, but lie rotting in the earth - dead.

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

The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death…. The young must be first at the front line - don’t hide at the back. You must be at the front, die as martyrs and all your sins will be forgiven. This is how to achieve forgiveness.

I long to die for such a true cause; I wish to expire on the bed of glory; I wish to perish at my post.

I shall gain glory or die.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

Men, today we die a little.

The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.

We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol.

You shall hear a good account of me or of my death.

You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.