Quotes by Memorial Day Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors preparing for more wars, more graves to receive more flowers on future Memorial Days. The memory of the dead deserves a different dedication. To peace, to defiance of governments. Howard Zinn memorial-day betrayal memories Memorial Day should be a day for putting flowers on graves and planting trees. Also, for destroying the weapons of death that endanger us more than they protect us, that waste our resources and threaten our children and grandchildren. Howard Zinn memorial-day flower children Holocaust Memorial Day is intended as an inclusive commemoration of all the individuals and communities who suffered as a result of the Holocaust - not only Jews, but also Gypsies, Slavs, homosexuals, political prisoners and dozens of ethnic and other minorities. Jack Straw memorial-day holocaust community I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. James A. Baldwin memorial-day inspirational country For love of country, they accepted death. James A. Garfield memorial-day memorial country Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. James Bryce memorial-day peace country Sometimes the enormity of war overwhelms the truth that all great struggles are just the sum of individual stories. Each is more than just the story of one soldier's service and sacrifice. Their service ripples across their families, friends and their communities. Memorial Day reminds us it is the noble sacrifice of many that makes us who we are. James Carafano memorial-day struggle war I play an 89-year-old man whose wife has Alzheimer's in a movie called 'Still.' I play a World War II veteran, I acted with my son and it's called 'Memorial Day.' James Cromwell memorial-day war son Green sods are all their monument; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids. James Gates Percival memorial-day green pyramids We sit at our consoles and play "Gears of War", but we don't see images from war. We don't turn on the news and see the evidence of war, the result of war. Maybe twice a year, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, we'll go out, we'll hang our flags, we'll try to inculcate in our children some sense of national honor for the fallen. But really, we don't see it. We just don't see the pictures. There's no drive-by on the freeway of death up close. So we don't really see bravery. Jamie Lee Curtis memorial-day veterans-day children Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well. Jennifer Granholm memorial-day gratitude inspiring Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided republic. John A. Logan memorial-day uplifting people We should not take a Memorial Day recess until we pass a proper memorial for the slain students in Littleton, Colorado, and other school gun tragedies. John Conyers memorial-day gun school Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. John F. Kennedy memorial-day freedom inspirational The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. John F. Kennedy memorial-day freedom inspirational The best road to progress is freedom's road. John F. Kennedy memorial-day freedom inspirational Their own souls rose and cried John Le Gay Brereton memorial-day uplifting rose While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation, one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan. John Linder memorial-day battle numbers As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars. John M. McHugh memorial-day war america I say to our enemies: We are coming. God may have mercy on you, but we won't John McCain memorial-day may enemy «1234567891011»