Memorial Day Sayings

Honoring those who served and sacrificed — 481 sayings

The university is always already a battlefield.

— Jacques Derrida 1983
General

The only thing that I regret is not having died for love.

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1985
General

Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget that you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors.

— Hunter S. Thompson N/A
General

You can't fight for your life and sanity and then leave the battlefield and go home and live happily ever after.

— Kurt Vonnegut 1987
General

I have been a soldier in a great war, and I have seen the evil that men can do.

— J.R.R. Tolkien Approx. 1960s (retrospective comment)
General

War is a necessary evil, and sometimes a cleansing fire.

— Arthur Conan Doyle c. 1918
War & Violence

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

— Mark Twain Unspecified
Food & Drink

I have always been of opinion that the best way to make a man a good soldier is to make him a good citizen.

— Lord Byron Early 19th century
General

We were all on this ship in the '60s, a yellow submarine. And we were all trying to find a way out.

— John Lennon 1980
General

I was a veteran before I was a teenager.

— Michael Jackson 1993
General

I'm a warrior. I'm strong. I'm resilient.

— Madonna Undated
General

The Germans are a people who live by war and plunder.

— Julius Caesar 58–50 BC
War & Violence

I'm a Jedi warrior fighting for the people.

— Rod Blagojevich 2010
War & Conflict

I wear the black in honor of the brave, the ones who fought for freedom, from the cradle to the grave.

— Johnny Cash 1971
General

I'm a soldier for love. I'm a soldier for peace. And I'm a soldier for music.

— James Brown 1970s
General

If you are a Muslim, you don't fight in any war unless it's a Holy War.

— Muhammad Ali 1967
Religious

The Turkish nation is a military nation.

— Ataturk (Mustafa Kemal) 1921
War & Violence

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind.

— Bobby Fischer 1969
War & Conflict

I often think of the many people who have suffered and sacrificed for freedom.

— Rosa Parks 1990s
General

The most ultimately righteous of all wars is a war with savages.

— Theodore Roosevelt 1886
War & Violence
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