Doug Stanton Quotes

When you've married someone who's been at war, there is nothing you can do that compares to that level of selflessness and bravery.

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.

I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home.

I saw some war heroes... John Kerry is not a war hero. He couldn't tie the shoes of some of the people in Coastal Division 11.

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

I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job.

There's soldiers out there every day that are doing heroic things... We don't need to create them.

As so often before on the courage and determination of British men and women serving our country the fate of many nations rest.

You ought to be made to fight. We need regiments of such men as you.

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' “Chuck him out, the brute!” But it's “Saviour of 'is country” when the guns begin to shoot.

No sir, anybody who went out and got into the front line trenches to fight for liberty was a goddamn fool and the guy who got him there was a liar.

One percent of our country is fighting to protect the other 99 percent.

SEALs aren't the only heroes out there. Everyone who puts on a uniform meets that threshold.

'The Avengers' made it more believable that I could have been a major in the U.S. Army.

I see myself as somebody who supports the bravest of the brave - the warfighter.

When my father served in World War II, he wasn't told, 'Go to Europe for four months, for six months, and then you can come back, and there'll be plenty of big bases there for you to serve on, and don't worry about it.'

I have decorated soldiers for heroism before, and it was always such an honor to do it.

My brother joined the Army. He served multiple tours in Iraq and now lives in Texas with his family.

I can say with pride that I have a brother who served with distinction in the Indian Army.

Three of my uncles served in the Armed Forces.

I was deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq with British Special Forces Units. I have great respect for the British military and the country as a whole, so I don't have anything negative to say about that.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

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.

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