Memorial Day Quotes

The average American is nothing if not patriotic.

– Herbert Croly

My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

– John F. Kennedy

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

– Alexander Smith

On what rests the hope of the republic? One country, one language, one flag!

– Alexander Henry

There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.

– Nick Lampson

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

– George Washington

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

– Nathan Hale

What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.

– Christopher Gadsden

The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.

– Jim Ramstad

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

– Leonardo da Vinci

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation’s wars.

– John M. McHugh

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

– Robert Charles Winthrop

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

– William J. Clinton

Over all our happy country – over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes – is our Army of the Dead.

– Will Carleton

May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.

– Zebulon Pike