#mer

Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being. ↗

— John Grierson

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There cannot be any better cross-section of America and I think the soldiers represent the best we have. Today's soldiers are brighter and smarter, perhaps in a different way, than past generations because they've been brought up in the computer and information age. ↗

— Gerald Griffin

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I found out that colonels can stay until they drop dead or get a walker and being a critical medical specialty as an Army trained emergency room doctor, I could stay until age 67. ↗

— Gerald Griffin

#army #being #colonels #could #critical

It was a nightmare having cameras in the house 10 hours a day for a month. ↗

— Kathy Griffin

#day #having #hours #house #month

I grew up on cricket and I think Australian kids are getting so Americanized, you know? ↗

— Rachel Griffiths

#australian #cricket #getting #grew #i

More than half the combat deaths in Vietnam occurred after Richard Nixon was elected on a promise to bring the war to an end, and after the American people had already decided that they did not want one more soldier to die in Vietnam. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#already #american #american people #bring #combat

The majority of surveys throughout this Nation show that the American people are advocating for a comprehensive and realistic approach to immigration reform. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#american #american people #approach #comprehensive #immigration

We in this Congress have a choice. The American people have a right to exercise a choice on this issue, as to whether our men and women will continue to fight and die in a war based on deception and fantasy, or to start bringing the troops home. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#american people #based #bringing #choice #congress

While this debate today is a belated effort to inform the American people, it is nevertheless an empty gesture. It is time to admit our mistake in Iraq and begin to bring our troops home with honor. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#american #american people #begin #belated #bring

America stands for the land of opportunity. ↗

— Michael Grimm

#land #opportunity #stands