Ryan Zinke Quotes

My family have a long story of service to our country.

One of the great things about the SEAL teams in particular, and the American military in general, is the tremendous diversity of backgrounds and experience that people bring to their service.

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.

I've served my country.

You have to really want to be a Navy SEAL. The passion you need to endure the rigors of training, to become the best of the best... It's admirable.

Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre.

In times of war, it is often best to look to our history to see how past generations of Americans dealt with the loss of their countrymen in just causes.

I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

As we look forward to freedom, the shining city on the hill and the best days of America lying ahead, it is the men and women in uniform who protect, defend and make us proud to whom we should look and give thanks every night.

My grandfather is a retired Marine, and I've always had a great deal of respect for anyone who serves our country.

All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service.

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 think standing and fighting and working alongside all of these people that raise their right hand and serve their nation... really wipes away the distractions of some of the petty things we think are important at home.

I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.

I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

Look, many of us here are regular marines... I will die as a marine because that is my dream.

I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.

Today, Arizona's sons and daughters, mothers and fathers are proudly serving their country.

The heart and soul of a Navy SEAL is somebody who's committed to their country and committed to their teammates.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

Well, in the first place, military service, they don't call it service for nothing. You are actually serving your country. And it is a worthy and valid vocation.

You aren’t quite serious in America yet. You haven’t got the war right under your chins.

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

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.