Rick Renzi Quotes

Hundreds of thousands of American servicemen and women are deployed across the world in the war on terror. By bringing hope to the oppressed, and delivering justice to the violent, they are making America more secure.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

Registration is a World War II response, and we need a 1980 solution.

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

I was 20 years old at Pearl Harbor. I was in the Navy about a year and four months before the war.

We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.

We've suffered a war, and one thing we know: Whenever our nation's faced war, whether it was in the 1980s when we were winning the Cold War or in the 1940s during World War II, the responsible thing to do has been to borrow money to win the war.

I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go... It was only a couple of years after World War II had ended. We said, 'Wait a second? Didn't we just get through with that?'

I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great aunt on my mother's side had been a matron on a hospital ship in World War II, and one on my father's side had served in the Women's Royal Naval Service.

I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history.

I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.

During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an all-Japanese-American division fought heroically in Europe.

I deem it to be of paramount importance for the safety and security of America that all reasonable munitions help be provided for Russia, not only immediately but as long as she continues to fight the Axis Powers effectively.

We are told that the American soldier does not know what he is fighting for. Now at least he will know what he is fighting against.

Every German woman and child killed is a contribution to the future safety and happiness of Europe.

Never since Jamestown and Plymouth Rock has our American civilization been in such danger as now.

I'm connected with my indigenous roots.

But I'm a daughter of the American revolution, my grandpa fought in World War II, I have lots of family members who were in the military, and it really just was part of growing up for me.

From the War for Independence to today in Iraq and Afghanistan, I am inspired by the courage, professionalism and patriotism of our men and women in uniform.

I would have fought in WW2, so I wasn't a pacifist in the broader sense. I prefer to be a pacifist, but I think there are exceptions and times to defend yourself or your country, but that war wasn't one of them.

The truth is that people - many people are concerned about this, but this is not the first time in America this has happened. There were a significant number of people who didn't want Jewish refugees before World War II, or even during World War II.

In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'm treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' No,'" I answered, 'but I served in a company of heroes.

How can you send somebody else's kid to war if you won't send your own?

I am encyclopaedic on World War II. My dad took me to D-Day beaches when I was a kid. I was there four years ago - every five years they have a remembrance on D-Day beaches and I would have liked to have been there and done my bit.

I am asking the Congress, which represents the people, to declare a war on ISIS so that we can begin the process of excising that cancer and begin the healing process, and bring peace, prosperity, and safety back to America.