Quotes from Cindy Sheehan

If I lived my life according to what Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh said about me, I would just stay in bed all day.

If the people of America do not rise up, take ownership of our country, we're going to lose it forever.

So what really gets me is these chickenhawks, who sent our kids to die, without ever serving in a war themselves. They don't know what it's all about.

I take deep breaths and be true to my heart.

Many people in San Francisco know me, and they know my persistence.

I don't - you know, I'm very disillusioned with our political system. If we don't wake up in America and realize that we have to vote out of our courage and integrity for candidates who reflect our own beatitudes, and not the beatitudes of the war machine and the corporations, we are - we're doomed.

I wake up every day feeling like today's the day to make a difference. I never question the correctness of what I'm doing or the need for it.

People who are against me attack me personally. They attack the way I look physically, they attack the way I dress, they attack everything but what I say.

I would love to support Hillary for president if she would come out against the travesty in Iraq. But I don't think she can speak out against the occupation because she supports it.

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.

No one can sustain rage for long. I am still angry and always will be. My dear son was stolen from me and his family to never return. He was killed for profit and lies. How can I not be angry? Sometimes though, the rage comes back.

I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.

I am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions.

People demonize me; people idolize me; everything I say and do has been scrutinized.

I have lost almost every friend that I had before Casey died.

My son died for lies.

My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny.

My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny... You give my son back, and I'll pay my taxes.

We can't let somebody rise to the top who will pardon these war criminals. Because they need to go to prison for what they've done in this world. We can't have a pardon. They need to pay for what they've done.

If peace activists really want to make changes, they have to start putting intense pressure on their elected officials. Of course, everything should be non-violent, because we are trying to create a peaceful world, and violence can't produce peace - no matter what George W. Bush and his buddies say.

Every day is a new sense of tearing my heart out of my body again when I see other children who have been killed, and I know what their families are going through.

One of the things that pushed me over the edge was that people on the Left were calling me names. How many kicks in the teeth do you have to endure.

I loved and protected my own children like a fierce mama bear, but one of them died anyway. It was a dark day when I realized that part of my responsibility in Casey's death was that I did not love all the children of the world in that same real, not abstract, way.

I believe that any candidate who supports the war should not receive our support. It doesn't matter if they're Senator Clinton or whoever.