Palin praised those who she said served more than themselves.

"We honor those who serve something greater than self,” she said. “Though this rally is about restoring honor for these men and women, honor was never lost. If you look for the virtues that have sustained our country, you will find them in those who wear the uniform, who take the oath, who pay the price for our freedom.”

“We will always come through. We will never give up and we shall endure because we live by that moral strength that we call grace,” she said. “We’ve often skirted a precipice; a providential hand has always guided us to a better future. And I know that many of us today, we are worried about what we face. Sometimes our challenges, they just seem insurmountable . . . May this day be the change point. Look around you. You’re not alone. You are Americans.”