When the will defies fear, when duty throws the ga... -Robert Green Ingersoll

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

Robert Green Ingersoll , Lawyer
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When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism....
In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing....
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity....
Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers....
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot....
A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy....
Character is made of duty and love and sympathy, and, above all, of living and working for others....
What is it that distinguishes you and me from the lower animals - from the beasts? More, I say, than anything else, human sympathy - human sympathy....
The more liberty you give away the more you will have....
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man....

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As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we w...
Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they ...
America's trying to do the best for its veterans....
Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even ...
Tragically, the effort to make America and the world safer and to defend freedom around the world is not without an enormous cost to this Nation in te...
Spending time with America's soldiers is always inspiring....
The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families o...
The precondition to freedom is security....
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle....
The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win....