Quote by John Salazar

How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for won't take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority.

How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our free

Summary

This quote highlights the concern of how to convey to soldiers who willingly offered their service to protect their country and its values that they might not be adequately supported upon their return. It questions the principle that during times of warfare, the welfare of troops and their families should be the utmost priority. The quote emphasizes the sense of betrayal felt by soldiers when their sacrifices go unrecognized or unaddressed, suggesting the need for improved support systems for veterans and their loved ones.

Topics

War

By John Salazar

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a fe

Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.

Bugs & Debugging

One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is t

One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were welcomed; the first daffodil, strawberry or cherry are now things of the past, along with their precious moment of arrival. Even the tangerine -- now a satsuma or clementine -- appears de-pipped months before Christmas.

Seasons

My childhood is a part of my story, and it's why I'm who I a

My childhood is a part of my story, and it's why I'm who I am today and why my career is what it is.

Career Childhood Part

Uncle claims that if he files his income tax wrong he'll go

Uncle claims that if he files his income tax wrong he'll go to jail, and if he files it right he'll go to the poor house.

Taxation

I was just looking at the jukebox. Just playing records. She

I was just looking at the jukebox. Just playing records. She said, You want to play with me?I said, Sure. How much?She says, Five bucks, two dollars for the room.Was it nice, Jack?All women are nice.

Women

As I define it, rock and roll is dead. The attitude isn't de

As I define it, rock and roll is dead. The attitude isn't dead, but the music is no longer vital. It doesn't have the same meaning. The attitude, though, is still very much alive -- and it still informs other kinds of music.

Music

The liberty of the press is the Palladium of all the civil,

The liberty of the press is the Palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman.

Junius, The Letters of Junius 'D

Speech (freedom Of)

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, i

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

Art

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Criticism

Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration.

Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration.

Manners

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on beha

Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

Prayer

Now, a corpse, poor thing, is an untouchable and the process

Now, a corpse, poor thing, is an untouchable and the process of decay is, of all pieces of bad manners, the vulgarest imaginable. For a corpse is, by definition, a person absolutely devoid of savoir vivre.

Death