I have always that there ought to be some kind of mandatory national service, not necessarily in the military but to show everybody that freedom isn't free, that everybody has an obligation to the nation as a community.
Robert M. Gates
More from: Robert M. Gates
DOWNLOAD
You are free to use this picture for any purpose including commercial. A credit linking back to this page is appreciated.
Similar Quotes:
-
You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it. -
It was so much fun to have the freedom to wander America, with no assignments. For 25 or 30 years I never had an assignment. These were all stories I wanted to do myself. -
Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. -
The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. -
If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.
More quotes by Robert M. Gates
- If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience.
- I have always that there ought to be some kind of mandatory national service, not necessarily in the military but to show everybody that freedom isn't free, that everybody has an obligation to the nation as a community.
- Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive.
- When I was the director of Central Intelligence in the early '90s, I tried to get the Air Force to partner with us in building drones. And they didn't want to, because they had no pilots.
- There is no international problem that can be addressed or solved without the engagement and leadership of the United States and everybody in the world knows that, its just fact of life. So sometimes I think we could conduct ourselves with a little more humility.