Jane Fonda Quotes

The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us.

In my grandfather's day, there was a different perspective on war and men that went into war; it was such a patriotic act to fight for your country in the Forties.

If I can just see the European war out I think I might feel justified in quitting the war.

We ask ourselves daily whether we are contributing all that we possibly can to the war effort. The war is our war, and many of the people we love must give their lives to this crusade, and there must be some contribution which we can make which taxes the best that is in us. That is our ever-present challenge.

My dad and uncles were among the 125,000 proud black American volunteers who, throughout their entire lives, considered their decision to serve during WWII as their greatest honor.

How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel.

I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.

I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause.

If you can ask a young man to give his life for his country, you can lead people.

I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world.

Like the American soldiers who went before them, they are putting their lives on the line to protect ours.

A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won't get a bikini wax.

Why should one U.S. airman give up his life when our national security is not in imminent danger?

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

The security of our nation depends on the men and women who are willing to sacrifice their safety, and possibly their lives, to protect the freedoms the rest of us enjoy.

I have already given two cousins to the war and I stand ready to sacrifice my wife's brother.

For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go.

I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.

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.

In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there was not a single American who did not know the name of somebody serving in uniform.

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves.

All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service.