Krystal Ball Quotes

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 brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

Gold is good in its place, but living, brave, patriotic men are better than Gold.

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

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

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

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.

Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out.

Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.

I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

When you go home, tell them of us and say, “For tomorrow these gave their today.”

It is a sweet and glorious thing to die for one's country. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

Civic courage is the kind of valor to which the monuments of nations should most of all be reared.

Brave men, and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.

I long to die for such a true cause; I wish to expire on the bed of glory; I wish to perish at my post.

Send me six hundred men who know how to die

What the Anzac legend did do, by the bravery and sacrifice of our troops, was reinforce our own cultural notions of independence, mateship, and ingenuity. Of resilience and courage in adversity.