“Corporal Rubin answered the call to duty with valor, integrity and unyielding bravery, ... I cannot think of anyone who better exemplifies a love of country, a willingness to sacrifice through his personal actions, than Ted Rubin.”
Francis Harvey
“Many a time, a soldier's greatest commitment is his last”
Aditya Karkera
“A dull man sits around and watches as the world is burning. An average man attempts to save his propert. A honorable man tries to save his neighbors.”
Richard Bellzon
“John's courage was no surprise to us. We have witnessed his bravery, and knew his dedication to duty and his regard for the safety of others.”
John Gibson
“We are not defined by our trials, but by how we face them. We are all afraid; bravery is a choice, that though you may lose, you shall never be defeated.”
Jill Hanna
“When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and seem, terrible for a man, because it is noble to do so and disgraceful not to do so.”
Aristotle
“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.”