[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

the men of Gondor say something to Frodo about what it means to be on the outer defenses in a war that they did not think they were going to win.

This point is well stated in a scene from the 'Fellowship of the Ring':

Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

This was what kept the Byzantine Empire protecting the West from the Islamic hordes for nearly 1000 years, all the time expecting to be eventually defeated. This was the valor of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae. We do not fight for profit, we fight for what is right!

[Ramius]

Ride! Ride to ruin! 'er a red sun rises!

:-)

[James Ewell Brown Stuart]

I'm going to see if I can find that quote.

I like your quote as well.

I believe there was much honor and resolve in Samwise. That's why he is probably my favorite character in the movies and book.

[James Ewell Brown Stuart]

I can't believe I found it so fast.

Damrod is speaking to Frodo and Sam. "I doubt not that the days of Gondor are numbered, and the walls of Minas Tirath are doomed, so great is his strength and malice. But still we will not sit idle and let him do as he would."

Sounds like Damrod was listening to Churchill during the dark days of World War II.