Jim Leyland Quotes

The United States military is probably the most socialistic institution in the United States.

Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.

I'm inclined to think that a military background wouldn't hurt anyone.

Don't forget our vets. They have been forgotten.

Powerful people get away with things. That's one way to demonstrate their difference from the rest of us.

He was beginning to understand: You were treated special and, later, something horrible would be told to you.

The sex is ever to a soldier kind.

There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless.

...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … [with] discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self confidence born of demonstrated ability.

If you can't afford to take care of your #‎ veterans , then don't go to war.

In America, the first thing we have to get rid of is entitlements for the wealthy, and at the same time, open up the economy to the disadvantaged.

I enjoyed the army reserve, and I learned a lot from it, but I also... it helped me work out that I didn't want to live in that kind of closed environment.

To think that the ruler of the universe will run to my assistance and bend the laws of nature for me is the height of arrogance. That implies that everyone else (such as the opposing football team, driver, student, parent) is de-selected, unfavored by God, and that I am special,above it all.

As a veteran, I believe we have a responsibility to take care of all our men and women who have served - and I will fight to fix the crisis at the Veterans Administration caused by negligent leadership in Washington.

We've got to continue to find ways to honor our 25 million veterans that have served our country with such honor and distinction.

There has to be - you know, this is like what I think Americans really have trouble with, an economy that's working for the privileged few, and there those privileged few are getting special favors from the political elite.

calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.

Not for the first time, he wished he commanded a highly trained bunch of soldiers instead of a ragtag mob of rejects in varying stages of alcoholism.

If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it.

So get this. On 9/11, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's hometown was attacked by the worst terrorist attack in the history of the United States. Young men and women - young men and women signed up to serve in the military to fight terrorism. Hillary Clinton went to Washington to get funds to rebuild her city and protect first responders, but Donald Trump was fighting a very different fight. It was a fight to avoid paying taxes so that he wouldn't support the fight against terror.

Once rehearsals are done the writer really doesn't have a function on the set. If the script is stabilized, then the writer becomes a celebrity tourist visiting the set, trying not to get in the way. It's very good for the ego, to go visit a film set if you are the writer, because they give you a special chair, and tell you where you can sit to watch the monitor. They make you feel special, but at the same time, they make it perfectly plain that you are irrelevant!

Feminists want to be treated as equals, but at the same time they want special treatment.

The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.

People do business with people who make them feel special.

When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.