Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon.

America's trying to do the best for its veterans.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

America's trying to do the best for its veterans.

The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.

But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Tragically, the effort to make America and the world safer and to defend freedom around the world is not without an enormous cost to this Nation in terms primarily of lost lives and those who bear the scars and the wounds of war, and their families who must bear these losses.

The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us.

The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.