Memorial Day is not just another day off work filled with family get-togethers, pool parties with the kids, and backyard barbecues. On May 30, 2022, Americans across the country will reunite to mourn and remember the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, with many volunteers placing an American flag on graves of military personnel in national cemeteries. It’s such a special occasion for everyone to reflect on their own responsibilities as citizens.
Since Memorial Day is a somber event, wishing someone a “Happy Memorial Day” may not always be the best idea. What should you say instead? These Memorial Day quotes and phrases about freedom honor those who never got back home. There are gratitude messages that you can read together with the parents or loved ones of a serviceperson who suffered such a loss or simply share them with your dear ones to keep the thought alive and celebrate the heroes who did so much for their country.
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“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 Baldwin
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“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” - Plato
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“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King Jr
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“Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better, whereas enslavement is a certainty of the worst.” — Albert Camus
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“To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” — Nelson Mandela
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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” - Winston Churchill
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“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” - Mark Twain
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“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.” — Rosa Parks
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“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.” — Bob Dylan
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"We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us." - Winston S. Churchill
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"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell
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"Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The best." - George R.R. Martin
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“It's better to fight for something in life than to die for nothing.” - Gen. George S. Patton
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“Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.” - Barack Obama
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“It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” - Norman Schwarzkopf
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“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”- Charles de Gaulle
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“To find yourself, think for yourself.” — Socrates
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“We don’t know them all, but we owe them all.”
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“This is the day we pay homage to all those who didn’t come home. This is not Veterans Day, it’s not a celebration, it is a day of solemn contemplation over the cost of freedom.” - Tamra Bolton
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“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” - St. Ambrose
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