77+ Cindy Sheehan Quotes And Sayings

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Top 10 Cindy Sheehan Quotes

  1. I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.
  2. What is the 'noble cause' for which you sent our country to war?
  3. Loyalty to the true, core values and roots of democracy is what makes a true patriot, not loyalty to a symbol of the country.
  4. 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.
  5. One of my biggest inspirations is President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Yea, President Hugo.
  6. I admire President Chavez for his strength to resist the United States. Instead, Bush is waging a war of terrorism against the world.
  7. It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist.
  8. 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.
  9. I am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions.
  10. 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.

Cindy Sheehan Short Quotes

  • I'm just so honored that the universe chose me to be the spark that has set off a raging inferno.
  • Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not afraid of anything.
  • Recruiters in our country are known for lying to people.
  • I'm just a regular mother who's trying to save lives and be the best human being I can be.
  • Let's push the Pentagon off the fiscal cliff.
  • Everything I say comes from my heart - and it's the truth.
  • You get America out of Iraq, you get Israel out of Palestine.
  • I feel like I gave my son to this country in an illegal and immoral war. I'll never get him back.
  • Many people in San Francisco know me, and they know my persistence.
  • The biggest terrorist is George W. Bush.

Cindy Sheehan Famous Quotes And Sayings

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. — Cindy Sheehan

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

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

We can't allow any war for imperialism or greed to be fought in our names. This is what we need to keep fighting for. — Cindy Sheehan

I am sorry, but if you believe the newest death of OBL, you're stupid. Just think to yourself - they paraded Saddam's dead sons around to prove they were dead - why do you suppose they hastily buried this version of OBL at sea? This lying, murderous Empire can only exist with your brainwashed consent - just put your flags away and THINK! — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought to justice. — Cindy Sheehan

[My son] Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics with human lives. — Cindy Sheehan

Segmented killing and hatred will only stop when we enlarge our personal, national, and international circles of concern to include all six billion people on this planet: not just the white ones, Christian ones, American ones, female ones, or any ones. Simply put: every one. — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain. — Cindy Sheehan

We mean business, George Bush, ... and we're going to go to Congress and we're going to ask them, 'How many more of other people's children are you willing to sacrifice for the lies' And we're going to say, Shame on you. Shame on you for giving him the authority to invade Iraq. — Cindy Sheehan

I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent. — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

People demonize me; people idolize me; everything I say and do has been scrutinized. — Cindy Sheehan

The people who are slamming me have no idea about what it feels like to unjustly have a child killed in an insane war. — Cindy Sheehan

We want accountability. We just buried a president [President Gerald Ford] who did not hold another president [President Nixon] accountable for war crimes and that's why we're in Iraq right now. Our leaders who get us into these messes are the ones who need to be held accountable. — Cindy Sheehan

America has been killing people on this continent since it was started. This country is not worth dying for. — Cindy Sheehan

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

I raised four kids in six years. — Cindy Sheehan

I believe that it is my right and responsibility as an American to question our government when our government is wrong. I'm not one of the immature patriots who say my country right or wrong because my country is wrong now, and my country-the policies of my country are responsible for killing tens of thousands of innocent people, and I won't stand by and let that happen anymore. — Cindy Sheehan

It's obvious that things aren't going well over there. This is a war based on lies. — Cindy Sheehan

Isn't it nice of the IRS to tell the media where to ambush me before they tell me that the U.S. Attorney is suing me? — Cindy Sheehan

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

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

We need a people's movement to end this war, ... We're going to ask them How many more of other people's children are you willing to sacrifice for the lies — Cindy Sheehan

I'll be a grieving mom until I die because of the lies that took my son, ... I plan on keeping this up until the troops are brought home. — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

There is too much at stake to worry about our own egos. When my son was killed, I had to face the fact that I was somehow also responsible for what happened. Every American that allows this to continue has, to some extent, blood on their hands. Some of us have a little bit, and some of us are soaked in it. — Cindy Sheehan

Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. Am I angry? Yes, he was killed for lies and for a PNAC [Project for the New American Century] Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel. My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel. Am I stupid? No, I know full well that my son, my family, this nation, and this world were betrayed by George [W.] Bush who was influenced by the neo-con PNAC agenda after 9/11. — Cindy Sheehan

Go to a nearby military cemetery and look at the American flags stuck on each grave and think of the person buried there who was killed for global domination or for the blunders and egomania of our leadership. And remember, for every person buried there, 10 more loved that person and were shattered by the loss. Instead of saluting, softly say: 'I'm sorry.' ... We need to make Memorial Day a relic of the past. — Cindy Sheehan

My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel. — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

George, your reckless and wanton foreign policies killed my son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, in the illegal and unjust war on Iraq. Helping to bring about your political downfall will be the most noble accomplishment of my life, and it will bring justice for my son and the hundreds of other brave Americans and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis your lies have killed. — Cindy Sheehan

The opposite of good is not evil; it's apathy. — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

My husband has always agreed with me philosophically. — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

I think Michael Moore is an amazing man - an amazing, brave man. And I think people are probably going to start saying, 'Don't associate with Cindy Sheehan.' People who speak truth to power somehow are marginalized in this country. — Cindy Sheehan

This was a war that was based on lies. It was wrong for us to invade Iraq. It's wrong for us to occupy Iraq and we need to bring our troops home. — Cindy Sheehan

I never go anywhere and encourage people to get married to someone of the same gender or to have abortions - the issue never comes up. — Cindy Sheehan

The person who killed my son, I have no animosity for that person at all. — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

There has always been excuses for wars, but NONE of them have been good or valid. — Cindy Sheehan

And if you think I won't say bulls**t to the President, I say move on, cause I'll say what's on my mind. — Cindy Sheehan

You tell me the truth. You tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me that my son died to make your friends rich. You tell me my son died to spread the cancer of Pax Americana, imperialism in the Middle East. — Cindy Sheehan

I'm a socialist, and I'm not going to be ashamed to say it! — Cindy Sheehan

Why do the right wing media so assiduously scrutinize the words of a grief filled mother and ignore the words of a lying president? — Cindy Sheehan

My children were the center of my life. — Cindy Sheehan

War is a barbaric tool of the war profiteers and Empires who employ them. War pits young people from the working class against other similarly poor, or disadvantaged humans, for nothing but the greed of the few. Only we the people can make war obsolete by not participating in the profound crimes of the profiteers and other war mongers. — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

We're here to let the Democrats know that the grass roots and the anti-war movement elected them to create change. — Cindy Sheehan

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. — Cindy Sheehan

I love my country. But how many more of our loved ones need to die in this senseless war? — Cindy Sheehan

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

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. — Cindy Sheehan

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