Cole Younger Quotes

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a great many young men on both sides felt and believed and were brave enough to do.

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

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.

Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

Then when I went to Iraq and saw the strength and character the men and women in our military service exhibit every day and their belief in what they're doing, I knew I wanted to get that on film and share it with everyone. They are my inspiration.

Let us also reflect on the honorable service of our men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces currently serving our country overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, and around the world.

There is no greater call to service than that of our brave men and women who serve our country in combat across the globe.

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us.

It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

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.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty.

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.

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.

He who defends his money is a martyr, and who defends his religion is a martyr, and he who defends his honor is a martyr.

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

Those with less of a sense of service to the nation never understand it when men and women of character step forward to look danger and adversity straight in the eye, refusing to blink, or give ground, even to their own deaths. The protected can't begin to understand the price paid so they and their families can sleep safe and free at night.

I have nothing but unreserved praise for our armed forces, paramilitary and internal security forces. Their sacrifices to preserve the integrity and unity of our country present a saga of unparalleled courage and discipline.

A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.

As I suffer in the defence of my Country, I must consider this hour as the most glorious of my life -Remember that I die as becomes a British Officer, while the manner of my death must reflect disgrace on your Commander.