Joining The Military Quotes

• It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

  Zell Miller

  Veterans Day, Military, Army

  2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 1 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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• Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre.

  Kevin Powers

  Spiritual, Military, Taken

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• Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics?

  William Blum

  Military, War, Abortion

  William Blum (2014). “America's Deadliest Export: Democracy – The Truth about US Foreign Policy and Everything Else”, p.170, Zed Books Ltd.

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• Although I considered putting my eight years of Boy Scout experience and love for our nation to the test by joining the military, I did not want to put myself in a position where I might be commanded to take the life of another, and quickly ended my flirtation with military service.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Military, Boys, Eight

  "Creating a Nation of Philanthropists, One Pledge at a Time" by Ashton Kutcher, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2009.

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• Being a senior in high school means you're not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that's applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world. It's never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around. Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

  James Dean

  Senior, Dream, Thinking Of You

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• My hope is to get young people to think about ways that they can translate hip-hop's great cultural movement into political power that can change the conditions for America's young, so that young people upon graduating from high school who don't have economic means to go to college can realize other options beyond joining the military and fighting in wars that enrich corporations like Halliburton which should feel guilty about profiteering off of a war that is being fought on the backs of those locked out of America's mainstream economy.

  Bakari Kitwana

  Military, War, School

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