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Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.... Benjamin Franklin

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." ... US Military Oath (Enlistment)

A veteran is a fellow citizen, an ordinary person who at one significant point in his or her life made out a blank check payable to the United States of America for any amount up to and including their life... Anon.

EDIT: Forgot one..

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing... Attributed to Edmund Burke