It's not easy to shed the idea that human life is sacred.

They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.

The true meaning of America, you ask? It's in a Texas rodeo, in a policeman's badge, in the sound of laughing children, in a political rally, in a newspaper... In all these things, and many more, you'll find America. In all these things, you'll find freedom. And freedom is what America means to the world. And to me.

I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.

Now I have shed my first blood. I feel no qualms, no pride, no remorse. There is only a weary indifference that will follow me throughout the war.

No soldier ever really survives a war.

And freedom is what America means to the world.