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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Cindy Sheehan

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 'Peace Mom' is my most heartfelt, but I am most proud of 'Myth America' because I nailed the problem and gave the solutions long before the Occupy Movement. I think it's a great organic class analysis. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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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Son

" 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. "

" I was a Catholic youth minister for eight years... I'm not Catholic anymore. The church is too misogynistic. "

" 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. "

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

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

" My children were the center of my life. "

" 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. "

" What is the 'noble cause' for which you sent our country to war? "