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> [And it raises a fundamental question: How long can we move the world in one direction while we move in another direction, and do we want to backslide into an era that we finally emerged from where we had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/and-it-raises-a-fundamental-question-how-long-can-we-move-the-world/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

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## More by John Spratt

> [And it raises a fundamental question: How long can we move the world in one direction while we move in another direction, and do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/and-it-raises-a-fundamental-question-how-long-can-we-move-the-world/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [As costs mount, in lives and dollars, it is natural to second guess, but one lesson I hope we have learned is that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/as-costs-mount-in-lives-and-dollars-it-is-natural-to-second-guess-but/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/three-big-assumptions-proved-wrong-one-that-the-iraqi-people-would/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/since-the-pentagon-underestimated-the-number-of-troops-required-after/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [We would take a little bit of money out of a huge increase in ballistic missile defense and put it in a place where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/we-would-take-a-little-bit-of-money-out-of-a-huge-increase-in/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/with-no-other-security-forces-on-hand-u-s-military-was-left-to/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/we-developed-during-the-1990s-a-series-of-budget-process-rules-that/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [Our country, the United States of America, may be the world's largest economy and the world's only superpower, but we stretch ourselves dangerously thin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/our-country-the-united-states-of-america-may-be-the-world-s-largest/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [I am not disputing the need for this money. What I am disputing and calling attention to is the fact that we are taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/i-am-not-disputing-the-need-for-this-money-what-i-am-disputing-and/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this country was running a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/just-a-few-short-years-ago-in-the-year-2000-the-last-full-fiscal-year/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [What we are effectively doing, I say this to the young people of America whom my colleagues represent, is leaving our children and grandchildren…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/what-we-are-effectively-doing-i-say-this-to-the-young-people-of/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at 2 to 3 percent a year. He says we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/domestic-discretionary-spending-on-education-and-health-care-and-the/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/without-the-guard-and-reserve-our-active-duty-troops-could-hardly/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/the-young-in-this-country-and-you-fellows-are-young-by-my-reckoning/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

> [This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our own, with only the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/this-war-so-far-has-cost-us-125-billion-and-counting-because-largely/)

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