--- title: "3 Paul Rieckhoff Quotes - Famous Writer (Chasing Ghosts)" description: "Paul Rieckhoff is an American writer, social entrepreneur, activist, and veteran of the United States Army and the Iraq War. He is president of Righteou..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-rieckhoff-74129.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Paul Rieckhoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-rieckhoff-74129.jpg) # Paul Rieckhoff (1974) Writer United States **3** quotes in **29** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Paul Rieckhoff is a writer from the United States, best known for *Chasing Ghosts*. ## Quick Facts About Paul Rieckhoff Born November 30, 1974 Nationality United States Profession Writer Notable works Chasing Ghosts ## About Paul Rieckhoff Paul Rieckhoff is an American writer, social entrepreneur, activist, and veteran of the United States Army and the Iraq War. He is president of Righteous Media Inc and host of the Independent Americans podcast. After serving as an Army first lieutenant and infantry rifle platoon leader in Iraq, Rieckhoff established the non-partisan non-profit Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) in 2004. He was released from the Army National Guard in 2007. Rieckhoff was the 2021 Karl Loewenstein Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in the Political Science Department at Amherst College, where he offered the course "Understanding 9/11" on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. ## Quotes by Paul Rieckhoff > [What we've also got to think about is the limitations of military power. Maybe it's time to focus on the economic issues,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rieckhoff/what-we-ve-also-got-to-think-about-is-the-limitations-of-military/) [Paul Rieckhoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rieckhoff/) [Economic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/economic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/paul-rieckhoff-74290_economic_what-we-ve-also-got-to-think-about-is-th_2139080.png) > [I get excited when fantasy football season's coming. This guy gets excited when war season's coming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rieckhoff/i-get-excited-when-fantasy-football-season-s-coming-this-guy-gets/) [Paul Rieckhoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rieckhoff/) [Excited](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/excited/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/paul-rieckhoff-74290_excited_i-get-excited-when-fantasy-football-seas_2629506.png) > [I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rieckhoff/i-don-t-expect-our-leaders-to-be-free-of-mistakes-i-expect-our/) [Paul Rieckhoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rieckhoff/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/paul-rieckhoff-74290_inspirational_i-don-t-expect-our-leaders-to-be-free-of_2956111.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rieckhoff/#itemlist", "name": "Paul Rieckhoff Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What we've also got to think about is the limitations of military power. 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