{"quotes":[{"text":"I want people to take the initiative to find veterans that need help, veterans that are suffering and in need of assistance reintegrating from combat back into society, into normal family lives and jobs. We need to take a real 'boots on the ground' approach to helping veterans in need.","author":"Max Martini","tags":["family","veterans","help "],"id":3412,"author_id":"Max+Martini"},{"text":"There's been nobody who stays in more communication and listens to veterans more than I do.","author":"Rodney Frelinghuysen","tags":["veterans","nobody","than "],"id":6262,"author_id":"Rodney+Frelinghuysen"},{"text":"One of the key issues all veterans face is making the transition to a civilian career, and for veterans who need extra medical attention, this can be even more difficult.","author":"John Delaney","tags":["veterans","career","transition "],"id":8493,"author_id":"John+Delaney"},{"text":"This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian I owe an unpayable debt to all our military. Going forward let’s not send our servicemen and women off to war or conflict zones unless it is overwhelmingly justifiable and on moral high ground. The men of WWII were the greatest generation, perhaps Korea the forgotten, Vietnam the trampled, Cold War unsung and Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan vets underestimated. Every generation has proved itself to be worthy to stand up to the precedent of the greatest generation. Going back to the Revolution American soldiers have been the best in the world. Let’s all take a remembrance for all veterans who served or are serving, peace time or wartime and gone or still with us. 11/11/16 May God Bless America and All Veterans.","author":"Thomas M Smith","tags":["afghanistan","airforce","america","army","coast-guard","coastguard","cold-war","combat","courage","freedom","honor","independence","iraq","korea","marine-corp","marines","memorial","memorial-day","military","navy","pj-s","rangers","revolution","revolutionary","sacrifice","seals","selflessness","service","socom","sof","veteran","veterans","vietnam","war"],"id":12582,"author_id":"Thomas+M+Smith"},{"text":"As Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a constant concern for me is having our veterans dragged into partisan politics.","author":"Tammy Duckworth","tags":["veterans","me","secretary "],"id":15553,"author_id":"Tammy+Duckworth"},{"text":"As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees.","author":"Solomon Ortiz","tags":["work","together","veterans "],"id":19535,"author_id":"Solomon+Ortiz"},{"text":"You've been so used to fighting Wars with a gun in your hand that you forget to put it down. Not every fight requires a weapon of some kind, and not everything is a fight.","author":"Lori Llewellyn","tags":["ptsd","veterans","war"],"id":23332,"author_id":"Lori+Llewellyn"},{"text":"As anyone who has experienced it will know, war is many contradictory things. There is brutality and heroism, comedy and tragedy, friendship, hate, love and boredom. War is absurd yet fundamental, despicable yet beguiling, unfair yet with its own strange logic. Rarely are people 'back home' exposed to these contradictions — society tends only to highlight those qualities it needs, to construct its own particular narrative.","author":"Tim Hetherington","tags":["dialectics","experience","narrative","veterans","war","witness"],"id":24702,"author_id":"Tim+Hetherington"},{"text":"Gratitude...Here at home our faith dwindlespolitical division causes tensions to kindle -we should never forgetwho stands at the door -who shields us with armorand shall forever more...","author":"Muse","tags":["bravery","courage","fathful","inspirational","military","poem","poetry","prose","protection","protector","soldiers","thankfulness","veterans"],"id":31861,"author_id":"Muse"},{"text":"We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.","author":"Doc Hastings","tags":["veterans","world","debt "],"id":32035,"author_id":"Doc+Hastings"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":64,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}