Quotes about War Commitment

Rachel Maddow

Less than one percent of our population is fighting our country’s wars, so the promises we make to our soldiers must be kept

At the time veterans would have to wait for up to a year till they could get their records and their benefits from the Veterans Administration which had insufficient budget while the Defense Department had as much money as the Military-Industrial complex could lobby for.

William Z. Foster

My attitude toward the war [WWI] was that it must be won at all costs.

Unlike many socialists who were pacifists and against WWI, Foster and the communists were supporters of the war against fascist Germany, This was one of the reasons that Nazi Germany was virulently anti-communist later.

George H. W. Bush

No president can easily commit our sons and daughters to war.

Pat Buchanan

America cannot commit to go to war on behalf of 50 countries around the world because that is the formula that is one day going to break down and break out into war.

George McGovern

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

Jack Reed

Having committed ourselves to Iraq, we must prevail, and to prevail, we must fund all of the requirements for our military. We must do it adequately and promptly, and the administration is doing neither.

Charles Krauthammer

Guerrilla war is a test of wills. Obama's actual objectives - rollback in Iraq, containment in Syria - are not unreasonable. But they require commitment and determination. In other words, will. You can't just make one speech declaring war, then disappear and go fundraising.

War Commitment Quotes