Memorial Day Sayings

Honoring those who served and sacrificed — 481 sayings

I embraced the world. I lived for pleasure. I died for freedom.

— Mata Hari N/A
Social & Racial

I'm a survivor. I'm a fighter. I'm a warrior. And I'm not going to give up.

— Lady Gaga 2014
General

I'm a rock 'n' roll warrior.

— Wesley Willis 1990s
General

I am a warrior. I fight for my art.

— Marina Abramovic 2014
General

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

— Martin Luther c. 1530s
Food & Drink

The world is full of wars, but the greatest war is the war of indifference.

— Pope Francis 2014
Food & Drink

I have always been a pacifist, and I believe that war is never the answer.

— Linus Pauling 1960s
Self-Deprecating

I have always been a man of peace, and have sought to avoid war whenever possible.

— Augustus Caesar Unknown
Self-Deprecating

I am a soldier of the people.

— Che Guevara Undated
Self-Deprecating

I have only two regrets: that I was never a Marine, and that I never got to play for the Chicago Cubs.

— Ronald Reagan Approx. 1980s
Self-Deprecating

The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.

— Thomas Paine 1776
General

The man who is unwilling to sacrifice for his own happiness has no right to demand that others sacrifice for his happiness.

— Ayn Rand 1960s
General

I am a soldier, and I obey.

— Garibaldi 1860
Self-Deprecating

I'm a truth-teller, a justice-seeker, and a love-warrior.

— Cornel West 2000s-present
Relationships

If you are not a soldier, you should be a slave.

— Genghis Khan c. 1206-1227
Shocking

Never was there a man more fitted by nature for the command of an army, and to inspire confidence in his soldiers, than Hannibal.

— Hannibal Barca c. 1st century BC (Livy's writing)
Shocking

I will tear off the epaulets of the officers who do not march; and I will shoot the soldiers who resist. I want work and order.

— Toussaint Louverture 1800
Shocking

Every lover is a soldier.

— Ovid c. 1 BCE
Relationships

The art of war is natural.

— Aristotle c. 350 BCE
Shocking

War itself, provided it is conducted with order and respect for the rights of the enemy, has something sublime about it.

— Immanuel Kant 1790
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