Michelle Obama Quotes

The men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or the Korean Peninsula, or they serve us at home as our community first responders, serve because they believe in America.

Sacrifice is the 1.3 million active duty men and women in the U.S. military and 800,000 reserve forces who volunteer to keep us safe and defend our way of life.

I appreciate our men and women in uniform so much. They are the real heroes. I can't fathom the selflessness involved in serving our country.

The men and women who serve in the armed forces are great role models.

So often public service comes with sacrifice. A sacrifice that our men and women in uniform make each day.

Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict.

I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

Well, I enjoy sharing in the dangers that we ask our men and women in uniform to share in almost every day.

Then when I went to Iraq and saw the strength and character the men and women in our military service exhibit every day and their belief in what they're doing, I knew I wanted to get that on film and share it with everyone. They are my inspiration.

Let us also reflect on the honorable service of our men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces currently serving our country overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, and around the world.

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

There is no greater call to service than that of our brave men and women who serve our country in combat across the globe.

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us.

We really owe it to the military for what they do day in and day out that we never even hear about.

SEALs aren't the only heroes out there. Everyone who puts on a uniform meets that threshold.

I have a whole, whole lot of respect for the men and women that serve our country.

It's an extraordinary thing to do, to go into the military and to serve your country.

I have dedicated half my life to military service.

We ask our brave men and women in uniform to risk everything to protect us.

It's my commitment to the nation's security, it's my commitment to the men and women in uniform that drives me. Not anything else.

While I never served in uniform, I fully understand the great service and sacrifice that our brave men and women have given to our country.

How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel.

The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us.

Like the American soldiers who went before them, they are putting their lives on the line to protect ours.