Mark Esper Quotes

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.

From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when called, gone where ordered, and defended our nation with honor.

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

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.

When trouble breaks out, our men and women in uniform, they don't just sit around thinking about it or talking about it - they act. They put on that uniform. They leave their loved ones behind. They go out there. They give orders. They follow orders. They do whatever it takes to keep our country safe.

I have a whole, whole lot of respect for the men and women that serve our country.

Sacrifice is the 1.3 million active duty men and women in the U.S. military and 800,000 reserve forces who volunteer to keep us safe and defend our way of life.

I've been overtly and covertly serving America since I started in the armed services.

Our veterans made a commitment to our country when they signed up.

I'm an emotional woman when it comes to service to our country. I watched many people's children leave and go serve. This is something that is the fiber of the McCain family. It was nothing more than me just saying I believe in this country so strongly.

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.

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.

Being a soldier, fighting for this country, is neither Republican nor Democrat.

Patriotism demands of us sustained sacrifice.

If I have to lay an egg for my country, I'll do it.

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

If I have got to be a soldier, I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable.

I served my country in uniform for 26 years.

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.

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

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.

I will never relent in defending America - whatever it takes.

Well, I enjoy sharing in the dangers that we ask our men and women in uniform to share in almost every day.

Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.

My son joined the army to protect America, not Israel.