In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ~José Narosky
When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? ~George Canning
For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if freedom fail? ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick
Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic. ~John A. Logan
How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
~William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, much later adapted to "So shines a good deed in a weary world" by David Seltzer for the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Where liberty dwells, there is my country. ~Benjamin Franklin
He loves his country best who strives to make it best. ~Robert G. Ingersoll
Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all!
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
~John Dickinson
May God Bless Our Troops and Return Them All Home Safely
I like the one about the little candle!
Great quotes! We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.....Gosh, that can apply to so much in life can't it?
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