Ralph Hall Quotes

There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces.

There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war.

We are a nation at war - and we should act like it.

Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.

Where I would fault President Bush the most was that, in the wake of 9/11, he motivated our military, but he didn't call the nation into a state of war. And he didn't explain that this would take though a communal effort against common foe.

Any great war must be a popular movement.

Americans will stomach long wars only when the nation’s survival is clearly at stake.

When the state does go to war ... so too should the nation.

I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.

What makes war interesting for Americans is that we don't fight war on our soil, we don't have direct experience of it, so there's an openness about the meanings we give to it.

People have a very political way of looking at war, and that's understandable.

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.

From 1941 to 1945 we won a war by enlisting the whole-hearted support of all our people and all our resources.

Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way.

As to war, I am and always was a great enemy, at the same time a warrior the greater part of my life and were I young again, should still be a warrior while ever this country should be invaded and I lived.

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.

The 'Cold War' impinged on the daily lives of Americans. The wars after 11 September 2001 have been fought without the general American population having to make any sacrifices. It goes on, and so do we.

We have adopted a war ready—made, and taken upon ourselves its prosecution to the end. We are to furnish the bodies to fill trenches and the cash to defray its enormous expense.

You can’t take military action in war without the support of government.

I am voting for this war so as not to be disloyal to President Bush.

Ministers [government officials] in the conduct of war … assume that war having been declared, the sole duty and anxiety of Ministers should consist in supporting generals and armies in the field.

By God, you can't fight a war unless the people support it.

Uncle Sam’s Latest Greatest Shortest War

Three thousand miles from home an American army is fighting for you. Everything you hold dear is at stake.

It’s very easy to advocate going to war if you’re not one of the people who is going.