Max Cleland Quotes (25 Quotes)

The Bush administration's plan for victory is not working,

The Bush campaign is trying to define John Kerry now, but for my money, the defining moment was 35 years ago when both of these young men, graduating from Yale from favored families, had a defining moment in their lives, ... John choose to volunteer and serve his country and risk his life doing so. George Bush did not.

He was a true, honest-to-goodness statesmen and a real, real dear friend of mine. I mourn his loss. There are a lot of tears on the floor of the Senate today.

We need a strategy to win in Iraq or an exit strategy to leave. The present course will lead us to disaster. More of the same just means more precious blood spilled in the desert.

I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president,

Young men and women are dying and being blown up at the very moment the American people are going the other way,

He has not suffered. He has not sacrificed for his country, and he doesn't understand those who have.

We want George Bush to put up or shut up, ... Stand up to the plate and say, 'This is wrong. An attack on valorous service of a fellow American is wrong.' And he's behind it, and his campaign is behind it.

I learned in Vietnam that the best way to support our troops is to either give them the forces and equipment needed to win or bring them home so we can care for those who have borne the battle,

The Bush administration needs to step up to the plate. It's time to face the truth. It's time for a strategy to win in Iraq or a strategy to get out,

Then I heard this young veteran on TV speaking about the war. It was John Kerry. He put everything I was feeling into words. Tonight, I'd like to let you know, that even before I met John Kerry, he was my brother. Even before I knew John Kerry, he was my friend. Even before I spoke with John Kerry, he gave me hope.

The toll on the service men and women in a war where a distinct majority of the casualties are due to explosive devices is especially devastating, ... I've seen the toll that war can take on our troops and on limbs on that battlefield.

We gave you the authority to go after those who came after us,

This looks like a real war zone to me. Thirty years ago, I was in Vietnam, and I haven't seen such devastation since then,

The hearings also came in the wake of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, with significant numbers of the National Guard of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama deployed in Iraq. It is time we looked after our own backyard, ... We cannot do this as long as we continue to make Iraq the fifty-first state.

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

The Bible tells me that no greater love has a man than to lay down his life for his friends. John Kerry's fellow crewmates -- the men I am honored to share the stage with -- are living testimony to his leadership, his courage under fire, and his willingness to risk his life for his fellow Americans. There is no greater act of patriotism than that.

I get beat up flying, ... One wonders how he did the traveling given his infirmity. He just kept on going, right to the day of his death. It's just unbelievable the strength, stamina and drive this guy had.

Aren't we vulnerable then to another attack or his continued organization of an attack against us ... It troubles me, and I am frustrated that his end is not in sight, nor is the end of his terrorist cadre in sight.

I'm one of the three Vietnam veterans that George Bush went after. He came to my state five different times and they ran millions of dollars worth of ads with me and Saddam Hussein up there.

a little bit of glorified advertising.

Deployments have increased some 300 percent, and the military has been decreased by a third Hello, good morning -- you can't keep that up forever, ... Sooner or later you're going to get people stressed out, spread too thin around the world, and they just won't put up with it anymore.

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

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

The question is Where is George Bush's honor The question is Where is his shame to attack a fellow veteran who has distinguished himself in combat.