#count

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her. ↗

Nowadays, many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country, the graves of the fallen are sadly ignored, and worse, neglected. ↗

— Allen West

#cemeteries #country #day #fallen #forgotten

But when I look at the fact that today is 1,000 days that we have not had a budget for the United States of America, you know, the House, one of the things we did, we passed a budget last year. But that is still sitting over there at the Senate. And so we have got to get this country back on track. ↗

— Allen West

#back #budget #country #days #did

Of course, for me, having served 22 years in the military and to have the opportunity to continue to serve my country is a great honor and is a privilege. So that's what makes it special each and every day. ↗

— Allen West

#country #course #day #each #every

Our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen volunteer to protect and defend this country and all its citizens, and do so with honor, integrity and excellence. Our nation continually asks them to do more and more, with less and less. ↗

— Allen West

#asks #citizens #coast #continually #country

While there are towns and cities still planning Memorial Day parades, many have not held a parade in decades. Some think the day is for honoring anyone who has died, not just those fallen in service to our country. ↗

— Allen West

#cities #country #day #decades #died

A big iron needle stitching the country together. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#country #iron #needle #stitching #together

It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men. ↗

— Mae West

#life #men #my life

If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

#count #man #money #rich #rich man

It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign. ↗