Political Quotes

“With great respect to the Representative from Massachusetts, I'd be remiss not to say the following: I have seen in 31 years in our military, us be resisted throughout this world for the power of our economy and the power of our military. But I've watched us be admired for the power of our ideals. And the story I'm about to tell I saw many times over. In command of a small ship, I pulled into a country. A young officer got underway with us. As we pulled back in, after an overnight, he said Captain, you treat your men, enlisted men, different than we do. I said, what do you mean? He said, you treat them as though they're equal to you. I said, they say yes, sir or no, sir. He said, no, you treat them as though they're equal human beings. We don't. My only comment is, I have seen that so many times, that that picture of a GI with the candy bar is true. We do make mistakes. But I truly ask, don't close this school. Improve it. It has made mistakes. It is needed for engagement of a good men and women in a good military to show the ideals of our country.”