“ I am thankful that there are those among us who have sacrificed dearly on behalf of us. And I ardently pray to God that I might be less like myself and more like them. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ To be ignorant of the sacrifices of others that yielded the blessings I enjoy leaves me exchanging the reality of 'blessing' for the assumption of 'entitlement.' And once that happens, I will forfeit… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Rare are the handful of principles that incessantly drive us to stand even when we face the stark realization that we will likely perish in the standing. And rarer still is the person who will surrend… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Despite how utterly massive they might be, it is never the size of the arsenal nor the strength of the warrior. Rather, it is a heart bent on sacrifice that is the most potent weapon of all. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ You are silent now who once stood on battlefields ravaged by destruction unimaginable, holding in those desperate places the line of freedom for others you would never know, and who would never know y… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ While we tediously check our weaponry before entering into battle, do we check our hearts? For without exception, that is the greatest weapon of all. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ If I have become so pathetically dulled that I hold freedom as my right and the privileges of liberty as my due, I can stand beside the stilled graves of a thousand soldiers fallen in defense of freed… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It is at the precise moment that I take something for granted that I have placed myself in the precarious position of losing that very thing. And if that thing I risk losing is liberty, taking it for… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ What could be more exciting than an October day? It's your birthday, Fourth of July and Christmas all rolled into one. Peggy Toney Horton
“ Let us express our deepest gratitude to those who sacrificed their lives to give us freedom. Wish you all a very joyful Independence Day! Debasish Mridha
“ A cause that only serves me is much like a door on the edge of a cliff, it doesn’t open to anywhere good. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ It didn't get much more patriotic than sex in a Chevy on the Fourth of July. God bless America. Kate Meader
“ There was something melancholic about that symbol of their nation's promise of freedom, a bell with a chipped mouth and cleft body. E.A. Bucchianeri
“ I would entertain the apparently fading idea that patriotism that serves the self is greed dressed in the garments of liberty and adorned with the fashion accessories of other associated patriotic not… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ I think we need to consider a radical rewrite of any form of patriotism that serves the individual at the expense of the community, as that is nothing more than patriotism to one's own small and solit… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Years ago, a group of good, wise, brave, God-fearing men stood up to claim and defend the human right for independence. Those men are now dead. Their work is not. If good, wise, brave, God-fearing men… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ Real patriotism embraces the wholly immovable belief that without freedom, the essence of the human soul and the life-breath of the human spirit is doomed to perish for lack of space and absence of li… Craig D. Lounsbrough
