Quotations

"I am more the patriot today as I march in protest and dissent than when I wore the uniform of a United States Marine. Nor am I less the warrior, armed with a bullhorn rather than an automatic weapon."

"I believe sometimes that death in war is benevolent and those who die more fortunate than we who are condemned to live as penance for the sacrilege of war."

"Should we stray from the mythology of nobility and honor, and allow them access into our world, and insight into the true nature of war, they are repulsed and outraged and think us crazy and a threat to "normal" people."

"It is not nature but nurture that motivates humankind to kill. We are not born killers. Killers are commodities, manufactured by governments to further the interests of the corporate ruling elite."

"Should ever right prevail in the world, America would be the first casualty."

"I f your son or daughter was killed in this war, would it make a difference if it was Lincoln, or Kennedy, or Bush, or Obama, or Romney, who ordered them to their deaths?"

"Those of us who have known war hear the cries of the dying forever echo in our minds and suffer the pain and loss each day of our lives. We need no holiday to remind us."

"All war is anathema, unnecessary war is sacrilege.""

"Maybe one day when we remember that we are animals, we will stop killing eachother like human beings."

"One of the problems with pesky democracy and free elections in foreign countries is that they don't always elect the person who best represents OUR interests. But then, that's what coups are for."

"Amos and Andy is to African Americans as the Jersey Shore/the Sopranos is to Italian Americans. Stepin Fetchit is to African Americans as Mike "the Situation" Sorrentino/Tony Soprano is to Italian Americans. Some may argue that Amos & Andy and Stepin Fetchit did, at least, help to open doors for African Americans in the movie industry. Sorrentino and Soprano do nothing but perpetuate a negative stereotype that degrades all people of Italian descent with absolutely no redeeming social value."

"Marching in a parade neither educates nor informs about the realities of war. Rather it celebrates and perpetuates the myth of honor and glory, and "The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori." I will march no more."

"I think that to wish someone a happy Memorial Day is to misunderstand its meaning,"

"Perhaps it's time that the privileged and the wealthy be required by law to serve in the military, time they understand the consequences of their actions, time they share the sacrifices they require of others, time they experience the horror of war firsthand, time for the "Fairness Draft".