“We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.” ―
— Winston S. Churchill

 

“…It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.” ―
— George S. Patton Jr.

 

“I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my teammates and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.”
— Marcus Luttrell, Lone Survivor Foundation

 

“Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.”
— Douglas MacArthur

 

“It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.”
— Norman Schwarzkopf

 

“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
— Douglas MacArthur