Ryan Zinke Quotes

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

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.

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.'

Blessed is that country whose soldiers fight for it and are willing to give the best they have, the best that any man has, their own lives, to preserve it, because they love it. Such an army the United States has always commanded in every crisis of its history.

We learned that whether or not you support the war, you honor the soldiers that fight.

Veterans have stood up for us.

I have respect for anybody that has to go and do whatever they have to do to protect their country.

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

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

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

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

There is no greater call to service than that of our brave men and women who serve our country in combat across the globe.

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.

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us.

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.

I am not ordering you to fight for your country. I am ordering you to die for your country!

I gave my life for freedom--This I know; For those who bade me fight had told me so.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country in his heart and not with his lips only, follow me.

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

I see myself as somebody who supports the bravest of the brave - the warfighter.

We ask our men and our women to go overseas to fight for our country and sacrifice so much for this great country so that we can be the land of the free, the land of the brave.

It is always a great pleasure to fight for your own country.

I have dedicated half my life to military service.

We ask our brave men and women in uniform to risk everything to protect us.