Medal Of Honor Quotes:

This Medal of Honor does not belong to me. This medal belongs to every man and woman who has ever served their country. We were doing what we were trained to do. We were doing our job.

- Michael E. Thornton

topic: Country, Jobs, Men, Medal Of Honor

They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation. We do not go to war for gain or for territory; we go to war for principles, and we produce young men like these. I think I told every one of them that I would rather have that medal, the Congressional Medal of Honor, than to be President of the United States.

- Harry S. Truman

source: United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1961). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

topic: War, Fighting, Winning, Medal Of Honor, They Said

I've always felt that if I am deserving of the Medal of Honor, there are many, many others who are. I felt a little bad receiving it, so I received it on behalf of the fellows, because there's no such thing as a single-handed war. There's always a support group, and if you didn't have people who supported you, you couldn't fight a war.

- Daniel Inouye

source: Source: www.achievement.org

topic: War, Fighting, People, Medal Of Honor, Support Groups

Medal of Honor belongs to every man and woman who gives us the freedom today to be able to hold our flag and hold our heads up high and say we have the greatest country in the world. And that goes with the men and women in the past, and the men and women of today, and the men and women of the future. As long as Mike Thornton lives, that medal will always stand for all them. Not for me. Not for what I've done, but for what I was trained to do and what they have been trained to do to give us our freedom today.

- Michael E. Thornton

topic: Country, Past, Men, Medal Of Honor

We know that priorities are amiss in the world when a man gets a military medal of honor for killing another man and a dishonorable discharge for loving one.

- Charlotte Bunch

topic: Military, Men, Justice, Medal Of Honor, Dishonorable

You want to know what I make? I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor, and I can make a...

- Taylor Mali

source: "'Teachers Make' A Difference, What About You?". "All Things Considered" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. May 6, 2012.

topic: Hard Work, Kids, Honor, Medal Of Honor, Slap In The Face

It wasn't the Medal of Honor that changed my life. It was being in Vietnam itself. The close situations changed my whole way of thinking about my life. It showed me that things can disappear like the snap of your fingers. As a young guy you thought you were invincible and nothing could ever hurt you, and stuff like that, and living life to the fullest.

- Michael E. Thornton

topic: Hurt, Live Life, Thinking, Medal Of Honor, Young Guys

I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and he wrote the highly controversial antiwar book 'War is a Racket.'

- Jesse Ventura

topic: War, Book, Teaching, Medal Of Honor, United States Marine Corps

I think that no matter whether you're Quentin Tarantino or any other kind of a rebel, or whatever, everyone who makes movies still wants to win an Academy Award, because it's like the Pulitzer Prize or the Congressional Medal of Honor.

- Robert Osborne

source: Interview with Noel Murray, tv.avclub.com. January 31, 2011.

topic: Winning, Thinking, Awards, Medal Of Honor, Tarantino

WikiLeaks is a service to the population. Assange should get an award for - presidential medal of honor.

- Noam Chomsky

topic: Awards, Presidential, Honor, Medal Of Honor, Assange

More Medals of Honor were given for the indiscriminate slaughter of women and children than for any battle in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan.

- Aaron Huey

topic: Children, War, Korea, Medal Of Honor