Max Cleland Quotes

#1. We are running out of time. We need a strategy to win in Iraq or an exit strategy to leave.

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#2. Being a soldier, fighting for this country, is neither Republican nor Democrat.

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#3. Our mission is to go after Al Qaeda, not the Taliban. Right now, they are in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. We should go after them wherever they are.

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#4. Within the soul of each Vietnam veteran there is probably something that says "Bad war, good soldier." Only now are Americans beginning to separate the war from the warrior.

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#5. I'm not going to be part of looking at information only partially. I'm not going to be part of just coming to quick conclusions. I'm not going to be part of political pressure to do this or not do that. I'm not going to be part of that. This is serious.

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#6. Someone once said, 'Adversity introduces a man to himself.' For some reason, that's scary, but most people discover that adversity does make them stronger.

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#7. John Kerry's service did not end in Vietnam. It began there.

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