169 Quotes About Memorial-day
- Author Duke of Wellington
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If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.
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- Author George Washington
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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- Author Michael Wilbon
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There's no greater city between Memorial Day and Labor Day than Chicago. It's the single best summer city in America.
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- Author Robert Charles Winthrop
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There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.
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- Author Tennessee Williams
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Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.
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- Author Howard Zinn
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Memorial Day will be celebrated ... by the usual betrayal of the dead, by the hypocritical patriotism of the politicians and contractors preparing for more wars, more graves to receive more flowers on future Memorial Days. The memory of the dead deserves a different dedication. To peace, to defiance of governments.
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- Author Howard Zinn
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Memorial Day should be a day for putting flowers on graves and planting trees. Also, for destroying the weapons of death that endanger us more than they protect us, that waste our resources and threaten our children and grandchildren.
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