#veteran

I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy. ↗

— James Longstreet

#avenue #comrades #die #enough #happy

We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans. ↗

— Jim McDermott

#agent #later #no problem #orange #pentagon

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#had #journalist #never #think #time

The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought. ↗

— Henry Waxman

#fought #history #importance #institutions #military

Finally, I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World War. Many of these men never came home; many others returned bearing emotional and physical scars that would stay with them for the rest of their lives. I come away from this book with the deepest appreciation for what these men endured, and what they scarified, for the good of humanity. It is to them that this book {Unbroken} is dedicated, ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#veterans #world-war- #men

There are no lazy veteran lion hunters. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#lazy #lion #veteran

Obviously, I'm at the beginning of my career, contrary to what anyone else thinks. I'm 19 years old. In any other country, everywhere else, you're a prospect. And that's what I am right now in Europe. I'm a prospect. I'm not a seasoned veteran. ↗

— Freddy Adu

#any #anyone #beginning #career #contrary

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world. ↗

— John Doolittle

#around #belief #country #democracy #freedom

America's trying to do the best for its veterans. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#best #trying #veterans

Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently when I worked out with Jason Kendall and he told me he's liked listening to my records since he was a kid! ↗

— Garth Brooks

#changes #felt #i #jason #kid