Quotes About Service

The Army is a big mixing bowl, and we know that we wear one uniform. We identify with one set of Army values. We serve one Constitution, and we see ourselves as one team.

We ask our brave men and women in uniform to risk everything to protect us.

I appreciate our men and women in uniform so much. They are the real heroes. I can't fathom the selflessness involved in serving our country.

Anyone who is willing to take a bullet for this country, anyone who is willing to serve in uniform, should at the end of their military service be given an opportunity to become an American citizen.

Obviously, I come out of the military - I know the amazing work of the men and women in uniform and the work that they can do.

The reasons I put the uniform on are the same reasons I'm running for office.

The people who are sending our men and women in uniform into conflict need to understand that there are some things worth fighting for, but also understand the high cost of war.

There is something about putting the uniform on. You've got a role to play, to be calm, to lead other people, to go forward when everyone else is running away. It gives you a sense of, not of courage but, 'It's my job.'

Our servicemembers are focused every day on serving our country. It's our job to ensure that they have everything they need to do their jobs to the best of their ability. That must include effective consumer protections against predatory lending, already afforded under the Military Lending Act, for our men and women in uniform and their families.

All of our men and women in uniform, including our brave sailors in the U.S. Navy, deserve to have the best tools needed to carry out their mission to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.

I fight for people that wear a uniform.

I have always been fascinated by the uniform and the army.

We must match the pride we have for our men and women in uniform with a commitment to ensuring they and their families have the support they need and have earned.

I have such sister compassion for women in uniform in life, principally, because now I know how incredibly uncomfortable those uniforms are on top of all the other things they're dealing with that are far more important.

The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female. They are Americans! When they put their uniforms on, they are Americans. And that's a fact.

I think a lot of officers go into that line of work because they have a calling for it. But at some point, they find themselves in the middle of their lives having seen some of the darkest things that are just unimaginable to the rest of us.

Sometimes, when you have someone behind the counter who's supposed to assist you and help you out, just being completely bored and uninterested - sometimes it's a little bit frustrating, you know?

Good union leaders make excellent public leaders in the legislative and executive branches.

I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years.

When you combine the men and women deployed from our military installations with activated reservists and members of the National Guard, Georgia is contributing more personnel to the theatre than any other State in our Union.

In 1972, I signed a union card for SEIU. And for the last 38 years, 14 as president, it's been my life. I've seen the most miraculous, spectacular things. But there's a time to learn, a time to lead and a time to leave.

On completion of my military service, I went back to the factory and to the trade union.

I've made a lifetime commitment to the union movement and to public education.

Pastoral ministry is a sacrificial call with unique challenges. We are called to take the Gospel to those with hard hearts and blind eyes.