„The dead do not need to rise. They are a part of the earth now and the earth can never be conquered. For the earth endureth forever…Those who have entered it honorably, and no man ever entered earth more honorably than those who died in Spain, already have achieved immortality.“

— Ernest Hemingway

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„For our dead are a part of the earth of Spain now and the earth of Spain can never die.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„As long as all our dead live in the Spanish earth, and they will live as long as the earth lives, no system of tyranny ever will prevail in Spain.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„The poetry of earth is never dead.“
— John Keats
„The dead always outnumber the living. These spirits have waited centuries, unable to express their anger. Now I have given them bodies of earth.“
— Rick Riordan
„If you are not already dead, forgive. Rancor is heavy, it is worldly; leave it on earth: die light.“
— Jean Paul Sartre
„That commitment – that willingness to lay down their lives so we might inherit the blessings of this nation – is what we honor today. But on this Memorial Day, as on every day, we are called to honor their ultimate sacrifice with more than words. We are called to honor them with deeds. We are called to honor them by doing our part for the loved ones our fallen heroes have left behind and looking after our military families. By making sure the men and women serving this country around the world have the support they need to achieve their missions and come home safely. By making sure veterans have the care and assistance they need. In short, by serving all those who have ever worn the uniform of this country – and their families – as well as they have served us.“
— Barack Obama
„Let us all, then, join their comrades who live, in spreading flowers over the graves of these dead Federal soldiers, before the whole American people, as a peace offering to the nation, as a testimonial of our respect for their devotion to duty, and as a tribute from patriots, as we have ever been, to the great Republic, and in honor of the flag against which we fought, and under which they fell, nobly maintaining the honor of that flag. It is our duty to honor the government for which they died, and if called upon, to fight for the flag we could not conquer.“
— Nathan Bedford Forrest