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"I think that after people leave high school, they can go to the military, Peace Corps, Americorps, etc. I think that unites the country."
"A mandatory national service could ensure that for at least two years of your life, you commit to improving society and learn something marketable."
"I hope that if you take something from here today... it's to maybe look around and realize or pay more attention to the fact that we lean on you to come through for this country."
"If we really want to save this country, one of my first steps is reinstitute the draft."
"It's patriotic, it's filled with monuments and memorials dedicated to people that served our country, prominent figures."
"Veterans Day commemorates the men and women who served in America's armed forces."
"Hundreds of thousands of courageous African Americans defend our flag today, we salute your tireless devotion and all of the great work you do for our nation."
"Our party wants to unite the country and deliver for everybody in this country."
"I'll work with anybody to help the American people."
"And finally tonight, a gold star family lost their father, he served our country in Afghanistan."
"It was a pretty great moment in recognition of all that you have done for our nation."
"When we stand up for those that are being wronged systematically wronged, we are actually doing a service to our country."
"He's been very good for the country, very experienced, he's got 90 caps."
"I think the drinking and smoking age should be the same. Yeah, yeah, if you can die for the country, you can have a beer. Like, that's crazy."
"We restored the principle that a nation exists to serve its citizens."
"Protecting those freedoms...what a service he's done for the country."
"Thank you to all of the veterans that serve in our country that have served and all the current military personnel serving in all the Armed Forces."
"People have died... You do your duty to the country and you put yourself in a position now where you're a target of threats."
"Your country is calling you to rebuild America." - Great American Build ad campaign
"The military is an exchange... you serve your country, your country looks out for you."
"I'm willing to lay it all down for my country and for the future of our country, which is what every American should do."
"Afghan soldiers fought and died in huge numbers over the course of the past two decades so the idea that they wouldn't fight for their country is something that I think is just not accurate."
"You are delivering for our nation through this difficult time and we said we would deliver for you, doing whatever it takes."
"And so my fellow Americans, ask now what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
"My testimony is based on information I've been given by individuals with a long-standing track record of legitimacy and service to this country."
"The men and women who work in these fields work in secret and without recognition on a daily basis, all in the name of serving their country."
"The same fierce and untamed American spirit that will lead the young patriotic Americans of this generation to serve our country."
"Risking his jeopardy in his own life to actually help the Canadian people."
"I want to thank the American people for the selfless sacrifices they're making for our nation."
"To his beloved country he offered his 'blood, toil, tears and sweat.'"
"My daughter was a hero... she put her life for the entire nation as the kind of senate she was. She was everyone before herself."
"If you love your country, you sacrifice for it." - Cory Booker
"You'd be doing your country and the world a great service."
"Isn't it worth it to me you know isn't it worth it for the country to go through these things to take the lashings to say to me it's worth it."
"I'll work with anybody that wants to help this country. I don't want them to have to go through what I went through to get where I am. Thank God I'm blessed..."
"Great credit on himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army."
"To have done the right thing to save your nation and get no thanks for it seems to be the most that any leader can aspire to."
"We've served this country, we've died for this country, we've lost our lives just for being black in this country."
"I think maybe you've introduced this idea into the culture, which is this idea of national service."
"I will never put party above my duty to the country. I will never put party above my duty of the Constitution."
"I will have your back I will treat you with respect and every single day lead this country in the way that you deserve putting service to the American people in our country above all else."
"These are people who love this country and fight for it, and we cannot allow or seed that position to anybody."
"Ask not what your country can give to you but what you can do to your country."
"They didn't come here out of patriotism or principle, they came here in rage, not in service of America, but rather in service of one man."
"Patriotism is a constant effort to do good for the people of your country."
"You have labored hard and your work product is impressive and I just want to thank you all for what you've done for the country."
"Forgive me, gentlemen, for I have grown nearly blind in defense of my country."
"I respect every man and woman who works for this country to make it safer for the rest of us."
"I think the responsibility is to look past the superficial and actually look at them as a person, and what do they stand for... does what they stand for actually serve the interests of our country."
"Most Israelis serve in national service, building strong relationships."
"I will do whatever I can to help the country."
"Veterans Day honors those who serve, who live."
"As service members, we must embody the values and ideals of the nation we support and defend the Constitution."
"Regardless of what you think about the monarchy, that woman put a shift in for this country."
"I love America and I would do anything for this country."
"Are we going to be able to find the very best in this country to step up and serve?"
"Be a patriot and get in there and do something for the country."
"I'm not a traitor, and I want to remind everyone too that I worked as a democratic aide... my country betrayed me, I haven't betrayed my country."
"Mandatory military service in Finland builds camaraderie."
"Farmers and ranchers feed America, and that's never been more true."
"I fought for you, I fought for your family, I fought for our country, above all I fought for America."
"America is grateful for your service thank you very much."
"We have an opportunity to deliver for all Canadians."
"Your country has asked you to serve as never before, and you have responded heroically." - Secretary Azar
"You guys are helping this country in very important ways."
"It's a continuous reminder as I talked about with them this morning about the values and principles that are at the heart of someone who raises their hand and volunteers to lay their life down for this country."
"The men and women who risked all on Britain's front line."
"If everybody served, we would have a better bond in our country."
"It all boils down to our oath. It all is encompassed in that document that we swear an oath of allegiance to."
"Literally, nobody is doing more for the country than the truckers."
"...the greatest privilege that can come to any man is to give himself to a nation."
"That's a task we should gladly embrace on behalf of all of those folks who are counting on us; on behalf of this country that's given us so much."
"Farming's an essential occupation; we help to feed the country, don't we?"
"I feel like I'm shirking my duty not being in the service."
"Chamberlain was a man that left his scholarly pursuits to take up the sword and when his country called."
"Iconic college firm Eddie Stobart delivers the goods that help keep the nation running."
"I genuinely do believe that what we've done has been with the best of intentions to make this country a true partnership for people."
"A young woman declared that her whole life, whether it be long or short, would be dedicated to the service of our nation."
"She has served our nation with such dignity and ability for so many years."
"He understands the deep importance of today to his mother and to the nation as he now lays that wreath on behalf of the nation."
"I'm becoming more and more intrigued by this idea of national service."
"The Armed Forces of the Philippines could always be counted on by the nation and by its people; it has demonstrated its solid vow and motion to duty as the protector of the people and the state."
"I pledge myself to the service of Ghana with all my strength and with all my heart."
"We are there to help the nation but we need the support of the government."
"The plan is a series of great goals for the NHS; it says the country values the NHS and will invest in and support it."
"We're the reading promotion division of the Library of Congress and we promote books, reading, and literacy nationwide."
"We appreciate everything you did for our country."
"Ask not what this country can do for you, what you can do for the country."
"I just really love honoring and saluting everybody that has served and all of their families."
"We will always serve the national interest."
"There's no doubt that the NHS is under enormous pressure across the UK."
"It is a true privilege to contribute to our nation's democracy."
"I regret I have but one life to give for my country."
"One place cares for children from all the corners of the country, offering hope in times of uncertainty and strength in times of need."
"The fact that Joseph had been living in the USA for only four years when he was drafted and went on to fight for a country he was not born in is something extraordinary."
"Tonight we honor all the great ladies who have served our country."
"She believed in stoicism and resilience, mental strength, duty, service to her country."
"I'm really glad that he got the nod and I hope he does good work on behalf of America."
"There is a huge crisis... and the National Health Service also needs urgent attention."
"The NHS is the best gift a nation has ever given itself."
"Their number one concern is what's happening to our national health service."
"Ask not what America can do for you, but what you can do for America."
"We do what we think is good for the nation, irrespective of your color, irrespective of your religion."
"The men and women of our intelligence community are patriots."
"During the pandemic, these were the people who were saving Canada."
"She really is determined to play a fuller part in the life of the nation."
"I am confident that I will be a valuable addition to the health sector in my home country."
"Driven by a profound commitment to her family and her nation, she dedicated herself to nurturing her children and advancing the world's betterment."
"In Japan, the American Soldier puts everything he has into his job."
"We had the chance to do important things for our country, so yes, we enjoyed it very much."
"After everything that you did for our country and for all of us, it's the least that we could do for you."
"In Singapore, it is compulsory for all men to serve in the military for two years after completing their high school education."
"My mission is very, very simple and very wide, but mostly I can say that it is to protect life, life of all the people living in this country."
"Thank you to all of the deceased veterans out there and the living ones. Thank you for all that you do for our country."
"This is probably single handedly one of the greatest things that the Navy could do for this country."
"We need to make sure there's an opportunity to serve our nation in cyber."
"We need to change the conversation about national service... to serve your country, your community."
"I've just seen Lord Kitchener... that the country needs you."
"We train dogs from literally all over the country, all over the world."
"One of the advantages we have in the UK is because we have the National Health Service."
"It was a privilege which I cherished up to my death. I did all my best to improve the standard of living of you, my people."
"The cause they are called to appear for is the service of the King's Majesty and the defense of the nation, recovery and preservation of the present religion and in particular the work of reformation in Scotland."
"Arise, O compatriots, Nigerians call obey, serve our fatherland with love and strength and faith."
"There's no greater privilege than serving your country however and wherever you might do it."
"Being First Lady of the United States is the honor of a lifetime."
"Welcome all. Hope you all are on national duty."
"If more Conservatives were like John Major, if they'd fought as honorable a battle and put their country first, we would have done far better."
"We reflect on their collective sacrifices and what their service has meant to our nation."
"The intelligence community needs to really reduce the pain points so that the best and brightest folks can go in and out of the intelligence community more seamlessly and serve their country."
"Please stand up for your country and take care of the veterans."