Quotes About Service

As Governor and a former law enforcement officer for more than 22 years, protecting the people of our state is of utmost importance to my administration.

I don't think I've ever had a minute off in Israel. I've been completely and utterly devoted to what Hanadiv does. I'm not saying I'm a good guy for that. It's just the way the dice have fallen.

I utterly respect that there are lots of people who do service jobs and deserve our respect, because they make our world function.

I experienced what can never be duplicated in the private sector - the communal aspect of VA.

Whether you're a man or a woman, you should get the same degree of healthcare from our VA.

We are a system where I can tell you that nobody is doing more for behavioral health care in this country than the VA.

My mom worked at the VA for years, so any time I can do anything to help, it's a must.

My dad was a 30-year career Marine. He was stationed in Quantico Va., and another military base.

For the VA to thrive as an integrated health care network, it must be agile and adaptive.

I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.

We have more women serving in the military than any time in our nation's history, and yet the VA has not done a pivot to look at women's healthcare issues.

My stepdaughter, who is based in Alaska right now, is a brand-new lieutenant in the Army. She could be deployed in 18 months. And another stepdaughter is a physician for the VA.

If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation.

When you're on official trips it's not a vacation, it's serious work.

Military families miss out on experiences that most civilian families do not: birthdays, anniversaries, vacations, funerals and even the births of their children.

In 'Pox: An American History,' Michael Willrich meticulously traces the story of how the smallpox vaccine was pressed into service during a major outbreak.

Human need is really a great spiritual vacuum which God seeks to fill... With one hand in the hand of a fellow man in need and the other in the hand of Christ, He could get across the vacuum.

Many of the basic lessons of business, such as the critical value of customer service or measuring risk against reward when investing capital, have essential application in government, but not in a vacuum.

We can never fully repay the debt of our proud nation to those who have laid down their lives for our country. The best we can do is honor their memory, ensure that their sacrifice is not in vain, and help provide for their families.

There's no doubt we've lost too many Vermonters - family, friends, neighbors and role models - in the War on Terror. But let me assure you, they did not die in vain. Their service and sacrifice kept America safe.

I was a valet for celebrity parties.

Valet parking is an essential at any decent club.

I don't know why. But I've always thought a large, metropolitan hospital was a very valiant thing.

No force can conquer the service personnel and people who, in support of their great leader, have turned out in the struggle to defend their country with confidence in the validity of their cause and their own strength - this is a law and a truth taught by history.