5 Robert Byrd Quotes on Military

Robert Byrd quotes on military

8. I do question the motives of a deskbound President who assumes the garb of a warrior for the purposes of a speech.

9. I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side.

19. The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq.

22. This war is not necessary; we are truly sleepwalking through history.

39. The training of these poor creatures to turn themselves into fighting machines is simply barbaric. Barbaric! Barbaric! Barbaric! Let that word resound from hill to hill, and from mountain to mountain, from valley to valley across this broad land! Barbaric! Barbaric...may God help those poor souls who would be so cruel. Barbaric! Hear me! Barbaric!