The American Dream has been defended, in every generation, by the brave men and women willing to fight and die for America. They are our greatest national treasure. They deserve a serious Commander-in-Chief.
Interpretation
The quote honors those who have sacrificed for the American Dream and emphasizes the need for strong leadership to respect their sacrifices.
Leon Panetta's quote reflects on the profound sacrifices made by brave individuals throughout American history to defend the ideals encapsulated in the American Dream. He underscores the importance of recognizing these sacrifices and argues that such warriors deserve a leader who will treat their commitment with the seriousness it warrants, highlighting the relationship between sacrifice, leadership, and national values.
In practice
This quote could be used in a motivational speech for veterans or military personnel.
The reality is that the United States military alone cannot be all things to all nations. We will sharpen the application of our resources, better deploy our forces in the world and share our burdens more and more effectively with our partners. And frankly, all our allies need to do the same.
We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or we don't. There is no middle ground.
Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the US military stands for.
In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights.
Our way of getting an army able to fight the German army is to declare war on Germany just as if we had such an army, and then trust to the appalling resultant peril and disaster to drive us into wholesale enlistment.
I always felt really lucky that I only lost my legs, because it could've been so much worse.
We need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it.
I just take it day by day, and I hope one day I can say I feel good - not just be cancer free, but just feel good. I'm just living every day to the fullest: I enjoy myself, I have fun, and I pray every day that it doesn't come back.
We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear.
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