Creighton Abrams Quotes

If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention.

We may need to change the way we think. As in Israel, I think there should be a mandatory draft, where you go away for the service of your country for three years.

The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.

It is true that legality is not morality, and sticking to the law is necessary for good citizenship, but it is not sufficient.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

I have never had a problem with national service. I am not sure the draft is the way to go about it, but I am positive that you live in a society and you take from this society, which every citizen here does. You owe something back to this country, and that should be paid back in some form of national service.

Possession by an American citizen of the rights and privileges that constitute citizenship imposes correlative obligations, of which the most indispensable may well be "to take his place in the ranks of the army of his country and risk the chance of being shot down in its defense.

All politics is an extension of ethics ... We cannot leave out conscience at the caucus room door.

While I was thus carrying out my obligations, I never did anything with which my conscience would have to find fault

I believe in national service, where you can join AmeriCorps or the military.

Our men and women in uniform are owed the right to protect themselves and others while in service of our country.

... the moral equal of our Founding Fathers.

When you serve the country selflessly, that is your greatest contribution to the country.

I'm a former CIA officer and Pentagon official. I'm a deep believer in border security, but we have to be a nation of moral - of morals and, like, a moral core.

Sometimes I wonder if people realise how beautiful and honourable I find it to play for my country.

Work hard to do what's right, keep our future generation in focus and the future of our country in focus.

One needs to know what is right and what is wrong.

The police and the army do their job honestly and sincerely. They are devoted to the country.

What's right is right, and what's wrong is wrong. That's how I live my life.

As a young player, national duty always felt kind of like... a duty. It was always there, it was normal, it was part of the job.

My parents are naive in their morality of things, and so, without realising it, I landed up being ethical and having strong opinions.

Humans are the only ones who are the custodians of other people's morals.

I think my morals are perfectly... tight!

Mr. Speaker, at a time when the nation is again confronted with necessity for calling its young men into service in the interestsof National Security, I cannot see the wisdom of denying our young women the opportunity to serve their country.