Ardent Quote by Joe Conason

Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place…

— Eric Massa

I am not going to say that people who enter the military are doing anything wrong. As I often jokingly tell my students, "Many…

— Tripp York

Soldiers willingly, sometimes foolishly, risk their own lives to keep their comrades out of enemy hands.

— Alex Berenson

In political life, it is extremely difficult to remain loyal to a friendship when constellations of power or interests are in the way.

— Martin Schulz

“Soldiers are brought up to tell the truth, and to take positive action. Since politicians, in the main, regard neither of these with great…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

“That's the big mistake a lot of people make when they wonder how soldiers can put their lives on the line day after day…

— Nicholas Sparks

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life…

— Adam Driver

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

— Ann Richards

A politician knows that his friends are not always his allies, and that his adversaries are not always his enemies.

— Richard M. Nixon

It is at moments of need that one learns who one's friends are. Defeated armies learn their lesson.

— Vladimir Lenin

If you speak to any soldier, even now, they say they are fighting for their friends. It always ends up that they're fighting for…

— Jack Lowden

It is remarkable that soldiers by profession, men truly and unquestionably brave, seldom advise war but in cases of extreme necessity.

— Benjamin Franklin