"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."
"Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it."
"The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men."
"The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example."
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
"The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude."
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
"The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract."
"We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them."
"The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children."