From: A Collection of Thoughts
President John F. Kennedy quoted this in remarks to members of the First Armored Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, 26 November 1962:
“Many years ago, according to the story, there was found in a sentry box in Gibraltar a poem which said:
God and the Soldier, all men adore
In time of danger and not before
When the danger is passed and all things righted,
God is forgotten and the Soldier slighted.
This country does not forget God or the Soldier. Upon both we now depend. Thank you.” - Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 840
“Many years ago, according to the story, there was found in a sentry box in Gibraltar a poem which said:
God and the Soldier, all men adore
In time of danger and not before
When the danger is passed and all things righted,
God is forgotten and the Soldier slighted.
This country does not forget God or the Soldier. Upon both we now depend. Thank you.” - Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962, p. 840
