Jim Webb Quotes

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Jim Webb

Profession : Politician

Birth : February 9, 1946

The injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have no parallel in our history, not only during the period of slavery but also in the Jim Crow era that followed.

Jim Webb

My father served 26 years in the Air Force as a pilot and a pioneer in our missile programs. I learned early about the sacrifices a family makes when a member is repeatedly deployed, and also the fulfillment that comes from serving our country. My brother, my son and I all became Marines.

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I have dedicated my political career to bringing fairness to America's economic system and to our work force, regardless of what people look like or where they may worship.

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World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.

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I cannot conjure up an ounce of respect for Bill Clinton when it comes to the military. Every time I see him salute a Marine, it infuriates me. I don't think Bill Clinton cares one iota about what happens in a military unit.

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Secretary Clinton and I have worked well together, but the Arab Spring is a different question... This administration, collectively, made some very bad decisions, and they now have to climb out of a deep hole.

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I left the Democratic Party basically on issues of national security during the end of the Vietnam War.

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I have decided to launch an Exploratory Committee to examine whether I should run for President in 2016.

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I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership.

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If I do commit myself to something, I will commit myself 100 percent.

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Some of my Democratic friends don't like it when I say that, but Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat and still a leader. He brought strong people around him, and he had a vision for where he wanted to take the country.

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I'm a Democrat, and I have strong reasons for being a Democrat.

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When I left the Senate in January 2013, I decided to take a full year away from all media interviews, editorial articles, and direct political activities.

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I know of no scholar more dedicated to bringing a thorough and accurate portrayal of America's involvement in Vietnam than Mark Moyar. Everyone who is interested in a full picture of that oft-misunderstood war should be grateful for his effort.

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Events such as the 1991 Tailhook debacle have been seized upon and used by feminists to attack the military culture and bring about major concessions.

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The venerable Robert E. Lee has taken some vicious hits, as dishonest or misinformed advocates among political interest groups and in academia attempt to twist yesterday's America into a fantasy that might better service the political issues of today.

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It is good to see women doctors and lawyers and executives. I can visualize a woman president. If I were British, I would have supported Margaret Thatcher. But no benefit to anyone can come from women serving in combat.

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The function of combat is not merely to perpetrate violence, but to perpetrate violence on command, instantaneously and reflexively. The function of the service academies is to prepare men for leadership positions where they may someday exercise that command.

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The POW camps of North Vietnam were packed with Air Force and Naval Academy graduates. The six midshipmen in my Naval Academy class of 1968 who served as liaisons between the Marine Corps and the Brigade of Midshipmen later suffered nine Purple Hearts in Vietnam, and one man killed in action.

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I know how to make decisions, and I know how to lead.

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