Thursday, January 13, 2011
Our Heritage Cornerstones - Our Soldiers
Heritage Cornerstones is a selection of powerful quotes centered around a theme appropriate for the season. This issue focuses on...
~ OUR SOLDIERS ~
"Freedom isn't free."
UNKNOWN
"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave."
PATRICK HENRY
"Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have every made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem."
RONALD REAGAN
"Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done."
JOHN KEEGAN
"As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us."
WINSTON CHURCHHILL
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong"
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
"This conflict in one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young -- young enough to go the the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers."
CLARA BARTON
"A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living."
JOHN F. KENNEDY