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" I loved and protected my own children like a fierce mama bear, but one of them died anyway. It was a dark day when I realized that part of my responsibility in Casey's death was that I did not love all the children of the world in that same real, not abstract, way. "

Cindy Sheehan

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" People who are against me attack me personally. They attack the way I look physically, they attack the way I dress, they attack everything but what I say. "

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Dress

" I feel like I gave my son to this country in an illegal and immoral war, and I'll never get him back. "

" We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled. The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached. "

" I'm not a military strategist. "

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" People demonize me; people idolize me; everything I say and do has been scrutinized. "

" I raised four kids in six years. "

" I'm a socialist, and I'm not going to be ashamed to say it! "

" My son joined the army to protect America, not Israel. "

" I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America. "

" When I was growing up, it was 'Communists'. Now it's 'Terrorists'. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything. "

" I would love to support Hillary for president if she would come out against the travesty in Iraq. But I don't think she can speak out against the occupation because she supports it. "

" If peace activists really want to make changes, they have to start putting intense pressure on their elected officials. Of course, everything should be non-violent, because we are trying to create a peaceful world, and violence can't produce peace - no matter what George W. Bush and his buddies say. "

" It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have no authority over you. These maniacs have no authority over us. And they might be able to put our bodies in prison, but they can't put our spirits in prison. "

Cindy Sheehan

You

Authority

" No one can sustain rage for long. I am still angry and always will be. My dear son was stolen from me and his family to never return. He was killed for profit and lies. How can I not be angry? Sometimes though, the rage comes back. "

Cindy Sheehan

Long

Son

" Our country has been overtaken by murderous thugs... gangsters who lust after fortunes and power. "

" I believe that any candidate who supports the war should not receive our support. It doesn't matter if they're Senator Clinton or whoever. "

" So what really gets me is these chickenhawks, who sent our kids to die, without ever serving in a war themselves. They don't know what it's all about. "

" 58% of the American public are with us. We're preaching to the choir, but the choir's not singing, if all of the 58% started singing, this war would end. "

Cindy Sheehan

Started

War

" I'm just a regular mother who's trying to save lives and be the best human being I can be. "

" I believe that it is my right and responsibility as an American to question our government when our government is wrong. "

" My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny... You give my son back, and I'll pay my taxes. "

" Looking back, all I can say is that the meeting with Bush was one of the most disgusting experiences in my life. "

" I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world. "

" I can't speak for the other people whose children have died, but I can speak for my family and the other members of Gold Star Families for Peace. We believe we're honoring our children by working for peace. "

" Every day is a new sense of tearing my heart out of my body again when I see other children who have been killed, and I know what their families are going through. "

" We can't let somebody rise to the top who will pardon these war criminals. Because they need to go to prison for what they've done in this world. We can't have a pardon. They need to pay for what they've done. "

" My children were the center of my life. "

" I was told my son was killed in the war on terror. He was killed by George Bush's war of terror on the world. "

" I think that there are some people on the so-called Left who might say we have to circle our wagons around the first African American president, and to me that is racism in reverse because his policies are actually still the racist policies of empire. "