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" 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. "

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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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" I'm working class, my family was working class, and we have struggled the same way our neighbors here in San Francisco have struggled. "

" The Democrats are as much a part of the war machine as the Republicans. We can't let Democrats get off the hook because they're Democrats. "

" 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. "

" I have been known for some time as a person who speaks the truth and speaks it strongly. I have always called a liar a liar and a hypocrite a hypocrite. "

" One of the things that pushed me over the edge was that people on the Left were calling me names. How many kicks in the teeth do you have to endure. "

" Recruiters in our country are known for lying to people. "

" 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. "

" My husband has always agreed with me philosophically. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We were told that we were attacked on 9/11 because the terrorists hate our freedoms and democracy ... not for the real reason: because the Arab Muslims who attacked us hate our Middle Eastern foreign policy. "

" We're not going to cure terrorism and spread peace and goodwill in the Middle East by killing innocent people, or I'm not even saying our bullets and bombs are killing them. The occupation that they don't have food. They don't have clean water. They don't have electricity. They don't have medicine. They don't have doctors. "

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

" 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 take deep breaths and be true to my heart. "

" If we stick together as an American people we can bring down the war criminals that are running our country right now. "

" I wake up every day feeling like today's the day to make a difference. I never question the correctness of what I'm doing or the need for it. "

" 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

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" I'm just so honored that the universe chose me to be the spark that has set off a raging inferno. "

" My son died for lies. "

" If the people of America do not rise up, take ownership of our country, we're going to lose it forever. "

" 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

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" 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. "

" I don't - you know, I'm very disillusioned with our political system. If we don't wake up in America and realize that we have to vote out of our courage and integrity for candidates who reflect our own beatitudes, and not the beatitudes of the war machine and the corporations, we are - we're doomed. "

" 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. "

" Loyalty to the true, core values and roots of democracy is what makes a true patriot, not loyalty to a symbol of the country. "

" If I lived my life according to what Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh said about me, I would just stay in bed all day. "

" Many people in San Francisco know me, and they know my persistence. "

" The American electorate are getting disgusted with weaklings who blow where the wind takes them while frittering away our precious lifeblood and borrowing money from our new owners, the Chinese. "