Fred Wilson Quotes

My grandfather is a retired Marine, and I've always had a great deal of respect for anyone who serves our country.

The men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or the Korean Peninsula, or they serve us at home as our community first responders, serve because they believe in America.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country in his heart and not with his lips only, follow me.

Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.

In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.

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.'

We shall rear them as needed for the Fatherland.

When trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don't just sit around thinking about it or talking about it - they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.

I believe in the idea of sacrifice and fighting for what's right and giving something back to the country that's given me so much.

I appreciate our men and women in uniform so much. They are the real heroes. I can't fathom the selflessness involved in serving our country.

My family have a long story of service to our country.

Our veterans made a commitment to our country when they signed up.

I'm an emotional woman when it comes to service to our country. I watched many people's children leave and go serve. This is something that is the fiber of the McCain family. It was nothing more than me just saying I believe in this country so strongly.

I have members of my family who are in the military. I have friends who are in the military. Classmates who served in the military.

I am humbled by the prospect of serving those who have borne the battle, those American men and women who have sacrificed so much.

How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

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.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Do not calculate what I have done, for I shall accept no recompense. Calculate the public advantage, the welfare and liberty of my country, and believe that I shall refuse no burden, no danger, provided that, at the hour of tranquillity, I may return to private life, for there now remains but one step for my ambition - that of arriving at zero.

You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it.

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

I've served my country.

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.

I served my country in uniform for 26 years.