Veterans Day

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
-Maya Angelou

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
-G.K. Chesterton

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

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
-Michel de Montaigne

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys. Look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death!
-Sun Tzu

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place -- police, firefighters, and members of our armed forces.
-Sidney Sheldon

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?
-Michel de Montaigne

On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.
- Dan Lipinski