Maureen Murphy Quotes

Of course, for me, having served 22 years in the military and to have the opportunity to continue to serve my country is a great honor and is a privilege. So that's what makes it special each and every day.

Some of the most dedicated, most passionate people I've ever met have been part of the United States armed forces.

My brother was a captain in the Marine Corps and a very big hero in my life.

I have so much respect for people in the service. The mental strength it takes to do what they do is unbelievable.

The men and women who serve this great nation, whether they are stationed in Iraq, Fort Riley, or the Korean Peninsula, or they serve us at home as our community first responders, serve because they believe in America.

One percent of our country is fighting to protect the other 99 percent.

I am putting on the uniform, and I shall take it off only in death or victory.

SEALs aren't the only heroes out there. Everyone who puts on a uniform meets that threshold.

I can say with pride that I have a brother who served with distinction in the Indian Army.

The Corps is in good hands, and it's been a privilege to serve with the Leathernecks. Now it's time to go.

My dad was in the Navy, and I was raised with a strong commitment to service.

My father was an amazing guy. Twenty years in the Navy, great father.

Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

The one word you use in military flying is duty. It's your duty. You have no control over outcome, no control over pick-and-choose. It's duty.

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

Any man and woman, and I've been on the record, any man or woman who wears the uniform and serves this country is a hero. I've said that repeatedly at all the town halls I've had.

I served my country in uniform for 26 years.

Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict.

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes they had hoped to live.

Vets are close to my heart, okay, and it's not only because I served, okay. It's because of what they go through, okay. A lot of these people have gave their lives, a lot of them have gave their limbs, okay, you know, that's a, that's a, that's a heap, you know.

The selfless actions of these heroes have removed them from their families, businesses and homeland to fight, so that others may experience the liberty awaiting our troops upon safe return to America.

But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life.

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.'

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.