Veteran Quotes - Page 5

• I know the veterans. I know them well. And I know that they know that I'll take care of them. And I've been proud of their support and their recognition of my service to the veterans.

  John McCain

  Support, Care, Proud

  Source: www.nytimes.com

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• When I raise money for the veterans, and it's a massive amount of money, find out how much Hillary Clinton's given to the veterans. Nothing.

  Donald Trump

  Clinton, Given, Raises

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I am not a veteran environmentalist. I don't live in a house made of recycled tires, I've never handcuffed myself to a tree, and I don't grow my own organic rutabaga.

  Christy Mathewson

  House, Tree, Tire

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• Karl Malone used a lot of veteran stuff that I thought was cool.

  Tim Duncan

  Stuff, Used

  Interview with Dan Patrick (1998), first published in Pete Sampras "Outtakes: Dan Patrick" edited by John Hassan, www.nydailynews.com. May 10, 2000.

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• Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences.

  Phil Klay

  Art, Different Experiences, Meetings

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• We have to change that whole system [of veterans support]. It starts with management. We have to have a whole different set of protocols. And we have to get people off the lines.

  Donald Trump

  People, Support, Different

  Source: time.com

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• We need to fix the military, help veterans, our inner cities are a disaster, you get shot walking to the store. We cannot take 4 more years of Barack Obama, and that's what you get if you get Hillary Clinton.

  Donald Trump

  Military, Helping, Clinton

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• Our veterans connect generations and Canadians. As a country and as individuals, we gain in pride and in purpose from their deeds and their service.

  Paul Martin

  Country, Pride, Our Veterans

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• I also believe our country made a promise to veterans and their families. Veterans have kept their end of the bargain, and now, the VA is looking to pull out the rug.

  Ellen Tauscher

  Country, Believe, Promise

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• See how the World its Veterans rewards!
  A Youth of Frolics, an old Age of Cards;
  Fair to no purpose, artful to no end,
  Young without Lovers, old without a Friend;
  A Fop their Passion, but their Prize a Sot;
  Alive ridiculous, and dead forgot.

  Alexander Pope

  Life, Passion, Age

  Alexander Pope (1847). “The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe”, p.223

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• One third of the $15 trillion of mortgages in existence in 2008 are owned, or securitized by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, the Federal Housing and the Veterans Administration. Wall Street buyers of repackaged loans didn't mind buying risky paper because they assumed that they would be guaranteed by the federal government: read bailout from the taxpayers. Today's housing mess can be laid directly at the feet of Congress and the White House.

  Walter E. Williams

  Wall, White, Feet

  Walter E. Williams (2015). “American Contempt for Liberty”, p.47, Hoover Institution Press

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• The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

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• In order to expand the gaming population, it is taken for granted that we need to offer games to satisfy veteran gamers. At the same time, I believe that we need to make a new proposal, so that those who do not play games can say, 'I can do it' and, 'I want to touch it.'

  Satoru Iwata

  Believe, Taken, Order

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• The world doesn't owe anyone a living—including veterans.

  Frank D. Gilroy

  World, Including

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• Along with the GI Bill, which educated and housed Eisenhower's fellow veterans, the Interstate System has proved to be by far the most important economic-development strategy of the federal government.

  David S. Broder

  Government, Important, Development

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• I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been polished, like a geode.

  Maya Lin

  Cutting, Memorial, Vietnam

  Quoted in Smithsonian Magazine, Aug. 1996

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• While we can't begin to repay the debt we owe our veterans for their brave service, we can certainly take steps to ease the physical, psychological and financial hardships they may be experiencing.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Veterans Day, Financial Hardship, Our Veterans

  "Being a Voice for Our Veterans" by Kirsten Gillibrand, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 8, 2010.

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• I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war.

  Robert Jay Lifton

  War, Vietnam, Vietnam Veteran

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• While we can never truly repay the debt we owe our heroes, the least we should do for our brave veterans is to ensure that the government takes a proactive approach to delivering the services and benefits they have earned, so they can access the care they need and so richly deserve.

  Kirsten Gillibrand

  Veterans Day, Hero, Government

  "Honoring Our Heroes" by Kirsten Gillibrand, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 30, 2011.

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• War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Veterans Day, War, Should

  Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.88, Princeton University Press

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• There are no lazy veteran lion hunters.

  Norman Ralph Augustine

  Effort, Lazy, Hunters

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• Forget the veterans. They havent told me anything, and they better not come tell me anything, either.

  Miguel Cabrera

  Forget

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• The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.

  Sue Kelly

  Veterans Day, Sacrifice, Fighting

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• I remain committed to improving the government services to which Hudson Valley veterans are entitled.

  Sue Kelly

  Government, Valleys, Committed

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• It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57,000 names. We're reaching a time that we'll acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level.

  Maya Lin

  War, Artist, Names

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