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> [Democrats and Republicans alike support our military personnel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/democrats-and-republicans-alike-support-our-military-personnel/)

[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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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