If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor.

I’ve never dropped anyone I believed in.

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of his adopted land.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It’s self-defense. It’s patriotism.

I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God – my daughter to my country.

I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‚Who do you think you are?‘

I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country.

Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

When I write, the story is always uppermost in my mind, and I feel that everything must be sacrificed to it. All elegant passages, all the curious details, all the so-called beautiful writing – if they are not truly relevant to what I am trying to say, then they have to go.

The bravest person I’ve ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

A ‚No‘ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‚Yes‘ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a dirty fellow who should be thrown out of doors.

I’d read up on the history of our country and I’d become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtues consistently.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

‚My country, right or wrong‘ is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying ‚My mother, drunk or sober.‘

May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.

This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I’m a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I am involved in life itself – all of it. And I have a lot of energy and a lot of nerve.

If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.

Ladies and gentlemen, god bless America – land of the free, home of the brave.

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

Folks, you’re the reason that the automobile industry is back. Whether it was the wage freezes, the plant closures, folks, you sacrificed to keep your companies open. Because of your productivity, the combined auto companies have committed to invest another $23 billion in expansion in America.

When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.

There’s no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our country.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

I think that all people who feel that there is injustice in the world anywhere should learn as much of it as they can bear. That is our duty.