Zebulon Pike Quotes

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

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.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

Through the centuries, over 1.2 million brave men and women have given their lives for our nation.

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

History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

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

I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.

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.

Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country's cause.

To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory.

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.

Revenge by young men is considered gain, even at the cost of their own lives, but old men who stay at home in times of war, and mothers who have sons to lose, know better.

And the blood of brave men was shed like unto the shedding of rain from a black cloud.

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.

Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.

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

What was accomplished in 'Band of Brothers' was incredible, from the writing and producing to the performances of the actors who honored all those men that fought bravely and gave the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy today.

A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.

God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence.

Surviving is the only glory in war.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.