It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray-haired. But most of them were boys when they died; they gave up two lives — the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for their county, for us. All we can do is remember. - Ronald Wilson Reagan Remarks at Veteran's Day ceremony, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 1985

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war; it's to be prepared for peace. - Ronald Reagan

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. - Elmer Davis

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. - José Narosky