Tom Brokaw Quotes

The guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Any man and woman, and I've been on the record, any man or woman who wears the uniform and serves this country is a hero. I've said that repeatedly at all the town halls I've had.

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.

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 was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.

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.

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

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

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.

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.

I admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedication, their commitment, their discipline, their code of ethics.

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.

I'm extremely grateful to all the first responders, veterans and their families for all their sacrifices.

There's no glory like those who save their country.

The true legacy of 9-11 cannot be found among political leaders of the day, but in the citizen soldiers and public safety personnel who answered that day with courage and selflessness.

There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.

I have so much respect for people in the service. The mental strength it takes to do what they do is unbelievable.

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

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

I have gone through so many examinations of what a hero is, between the World War II stuff and the astronaut stuff.