Military Family Quotes

• Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families.

  Evan Bayh

  Country, Military, Should Have

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• Anybody who was in the military or a military family has a certain sensitivity to the separation. Everyone knows military wives have the hardest jobs. I was born into one. When I think back to those days, I didn't appreciate it then.

  Lester Holt

  Jobs, Military, Thinking

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• I really like being thrown into the works. Many actors, I have found, have this as a common trait. We had to, as children, adapt to various situations with either a military family or things like that.

  Adelaide Clemens

  Children, Military, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It's very hard to feel the difficulties that the military goes through. It's very hard to feel the difficulties of military families, unless you're in that environment. And sometimes you have to force yourself to try and put yourself in other people's sort of shoes and environment to get the sense of that.

  Jon Stewart

  Military, Shoes, People

  Interview with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. April 27, 2007.

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• I'm a Veteran. I was in the Navy, in the submarine corps. I come from a military family. Both of my grandparents were in World War II and retired as officers. One fought in the Pacific and one fought in Europe. The whole family was in the war. I grew up exposed to it and hearing the stories, but the stories I heard weren't kind of the whole "Rah, rah, rah! We saved the world!" They were about the personal price and the emotional price.

  David Ayer

  War, Military, Emotional

  Source: collider.com

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• Military families so much appreciate the love, support and prayers.

  Bob McDonnell

  Prayer, Military, Appreciate

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• I have a tremendous amount of respect for military families. To have to worry about your loved ones and still try and live a normal life is extremely hard.

  Ashanti

  Military, Worry, Trying

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• There are so many places, particularly right now. Go and volunteer at a food bank. If you play the piano, go play the piano in an Alzheimer's home. Or read in an Alzheimer's home. Help a military family with babysitting. The opportunities are endless. People often think 'They want me?' or 'I can be of help?' What we try to say here is 'Be who you are.'Feel that, live it and pass it on.

  Maria Shriver

  Military, Home, Opportunity

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I take care of military families. Their sacrifices are very real.

  Mark Vonnegut

  Military, Real, Sacrifice

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• I am grateful for all the military families that I've met. I wanted to spread hope and cheer to all; little did I know that they would be the ones to change my life the way they have!

  Wynonna Judd

  Cheer, Military, Grateful

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• This year's [2016] White House holiday theme is "The Gift of the Holidays," and our decorations reflect some of our greatest gifts as a nation: from our incredible military families, to the life-changing impact of a great education.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, Life Changing, Holiday

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.

  Olivia Munn

  Military, Different, Six

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• I grew up in a military family, and there's something about that military-style uniform, all cleaned up, a brutal control effort the military necessarily breeds.

  Max Cannon

  Military, Effort, Style

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• These are things that we hear from military families everywhere we go. But it - on PTSD, the thing that I want to make sure people understand is that the vast majority of veterans and military families aren't dealing with any kind of mental health. But there are - these are what are called the invisible wounds of this war. And many times they don't present.

  Michelle Obama

  Military, War, People

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I am fully supportive of 'open service' and committed to LGBT military families.

  Chuck Hagel

  Military, Supportive, Lgbt

  "Hagel apologizes for slur". www.politico.com. December 21, 2012.

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• I come from a military family.

  Brittany Murphy

  Military

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• Yes and no. Because America has only about 1 percent of the population serving in the military, it is hard for many civilians to understand the sacrifices military families make. However, my experience is that after the Vietnam War, the public learned that they should support the military whether or not they support the war. You've seen that outpouring of support for the veterans of both Iraq and Afghanistan.

  Steve Stivers

  War, Military, Sacrifice

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• It matters not what your individual position is on either war we are currently prosecuting - in Iraq or Afghanistan - certainly we can all agree protesting at military funerals is a cruel and unnecessary hardship on our military families during their most difficult hour.

  Solomon Ortiz

  Military, War, Iraq

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• I co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council in 2005.

  Christine Pelosi

  Military, Veteran, Council

  "Christine Pelosi's boot camp trains future politicians to avoid the campaign minefield" by Sam Whiting, www.sfgate.com. February 3, 2008.

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• I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst in my back pocket.

  Pink

  Military, Class, Luxury

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• I grew up in a military family. I was moved around from school to school, so people aren't always the most welcoming to new girls in school.

  Olivia Munn

  Girl, Military, School

  Interview with Jasper Anson, www.askmen.com. April 30, 2010.

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• Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.

  Oleg Deripaska

  Strong, Military, Army

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