Mary Gauthier Quotes

Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigor of a hero.

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

For a soldier I enlisted, to grow great in fame. And be shot at for sixpence a day.

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.'

Spending time with America's soldiers is always inspiring.

A lot of songwriters have written about soldiers and war, but very few have written with them.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

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

Like the American soldiers who went before them, they are putting their lives on the line to protect ours.

As a veteran, I know firsthand the satisfaction there is in defending the democracy you so strongly believe in, but I can also attest to the trauma encountered from combat on the battlefield.

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.

Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict.

I think of all the guys that strap a gun on their backs and head to Afghanistan and Iraq to keep us free and safe and maintain what America has stood for.

With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows.

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

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

I never thought anyone would pity me because of my time in the Marine Corps.

America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.

I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.

Atheists in foxholes, some say they are myths, Creations of the mind who just don't exist. Yet, they answered the call to defend, with great pride. With reason their watchword, they bled and they died.

I told the stories of the soldiers who don’t get a vote on whether or not they are on the battlefield.

Men do not take good iron to make nails or good men to make soldiers.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.