Veterans Day '12

A couple of statements here,

I never served but I honor those who have not only in war but in peace time or in non-harm's way.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter who has given us freedom of press. 

It is the Soldier, not the poet who has given us freedom of speech. 

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer who gives us 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 

And something that has been going around the last couple of years, we are the land of the free because of the brave. 

Not sure who first said that, according it a film shown at my church An Unknown wrote something very much like that.