[crazydad]

I love the list.Beautiful words have not been spoken in to long. Colin Powells is the closest, but nothing compared to the others. Patton’s and McAuliffes are my favorite.

[expat1000]

This is my favorite, but the crying shame is, the politicians then throw it all away.

14) "It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." -- Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC