Cindy Sheehan Quotations | Page 3

This is America. That's their right to be here.

A lot of these people who are there are criminals, and we need to get them out of our house,

They don't plan on ever bringing troops home,

They don't have what I like to call skin in the game, but we are all affected.

There is no way we could have had all those people on the side of the road. I never would have thought there would be so many people here. I'm not that imaginative.

This is the people's America and I think we are taking it back.

This is where I'm going to spend every August from now on.

This is where I belong, until August 31st, like I told the president.

This is where I belong, until Aug. 31, like I told the president.

there's always hope, and I've always said that. The invitation's still open, and I think he knows how to get a hold of me.

As you can imagine, this is a devastating blow for my sister, my brother, my children and me.

It's just snowballed. We have opened up a debate in the country.

It's not patriotism when you say my country, right or wrong,

It's remarkable that in a 27- day period Crawford has stood for something other than war. It has stood for peace.

It's pretty obvious what's been happening since August. It's miraculous. The American people were on board. Now it seems like more of our leadership are getting on board.

It's outrageous. First we kill these poor women's families, then we tell them they don't have sufficient family ties. First we invade their country, then we refuse to allow them to visit ours.

That lying bastard, George Bush, is taking a five-week vacation in time of war, ... tells me why my son died in Iraq. I've got the whole month of August off, and so does he.

Everyone in America should be appalled that that many were killed. What's more obscene, me wearing the number, or that there is a number at all? My son is one of those numbers.

The biggest terrorist in the world is George W. Bush,

supports the troops, our country, and our President.

No Iraqis Left Me on a Roof to Die

I want to ask the president, why did he kill my son? He said my son died in a noble cause, and I want to ask him what that noble cause is.

I want to ask the president, why did he kill my son.

Not one person should have died; not one more person should die,

That's democracy. He should be doing the will of the people.

I'm going to go to Washington, D.C. and I'm going to give a speech at the White House, and after I do, I'm going to tie myself to the fence and refuse to leave until they agree to bring our troops home,

I'm going to tie myself to the fence and refuse to leave until they agree to bring our troops home, ... And I'll probably get arrested, and when I get out, I'll go back and do the same thing.

I'm going to be sad to leave on August 31st. And you know what? I won't be escaping. I'll be going, and we're going, to take Camp Casey to Congress.

In a way, I wish he weren't the president, just so I could talk to him all the time.

In a way, I'm glad he did not come out to meet with me,

I know that they are in heaven, ... and I know that that's why this movement is growing because we have tens of thousands of angels behind us that are supporting us, that are saying, 'Well, you know we died and that was really crappy, but we hope that our deaths are going to make the world a better place,' and it's up to us to make sure that it does.

I know that Casey would be proud of me, ... I am always going to be a grieving mom. I will be a grieving mom until the day I die.

I knew George Bush would say things that would hurt me and anger me and I knew that I couldn't disrupt the address because Lynn had given me the ticket. I didn't want to be disruptive out of respect for her.

I kind of see their point that this was a grassroots thing that grew into a monster.

I'm just going to set my butt down on the ground if they tell me to go,

I never said I speak for them, ... I speak for myself.

I never ever, ever got up here and said ... I speak for every single military family,

I'll be laying down and not getting up. When they let me out, I'll do the same thing if I get arrested.

I'll be back as soon as possible, if it's possible.

I'll be back as soon as possible but we'll keep you posted.

I'm back in love with my country because of you,

I'm coming back to Crawford for my son. As long as the president, who sent him to die in a senseless war, is in Crawford, that is where I belong.

If peace activists really want to make changes, they have to start putting intense pressure on their elected officials. Of course, everything should be non-violent, because we are trying to create a peaceful world, and violence can't produce peace - no matter what George W. Bush and his buddies say.

If you fall on the side that is pro-George, and pro-war, you get your ass over to Iraq, and take the place of somebody who wants to come home. And if you fall on the side that is against this war and against George Bush, stand up and speak out.

I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis. I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith.

I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis,

I looked in his eyes and it looked like he could tell what I was thinking. That's very disarming when you have like a week-old baby looking at you, and you know he knows what you're thinking. And I knew he was going to be a great man. I just had no idea how great he was going to be or how much it was going to hurt me.

I look back on it, and I am very, very, very grateful he did not meet with me, because we have sparked and galvanized the peace movement, ... If he'd met with me, then I would have gone home, and it would have ended there.

I know how Cindy Sheehan feels. I'm a mother too.

I know he would say: 'I don't want any more of my buddies killed just because I'm dead. I want my buddies to come home alive'.

I know my son. I know him better than anybody else. And, he wasn't married, we were very close. He called me everyday when he was at Fort Hood. We talked about all of his life, all of my life. And, I lost my best friend when I lost my son. But I know my son. And, I know he would say 'I don't want anymore of my buddies killed just because I am dead; I want my buddies to come home alive.' And I know when I get up to greet him, when it is my time, he is going to say 'good job, Mom.' He is not going to accuse me of dishonoring his memory. And, anybody who knows my son better than me, would like to come forward and tell me something different, I would be glad to hear their voices.

I know my son. And I know he would say, 'I don't want any more of my buddies killed just because I'm dead. I want my buddies to come home alive,

I really feel (Bush) needs to talk to this woman, ... Cindy has become a symbol.

I really believe Camp Casey will be given credit for ending the illegal occupation of Iraq.

I put myself out there, and I'm willing to take it. But I think the focus has been on the messenger and not the message.

I plan to keep this up until the troops are brought home,

I plan on returning to Camp Casey very soon, but while I'm in Los Angeles please respect that my sister, brother and I are here focusing on our mother, while the moms in Crawford focus on Bush, ... The president is not off the hook.

I plan on returning to Camp Casey very soon, ... But while I'm in Los Angeles, please respect that my sister, brother and I are here focusing on our mother, while the moms in Crawford focus on Bush. The president is not off the hook.

I didn't think that one person could make a difference. After Casey was killed, I thought, well if I can't make a difference, at least I'm going to my grave knowing I tried.

He said, 'The sooner I leave, the sooner I'll come back.' He only left home for two weeks before we got his body home in a flag-draped coffin.

If I thought that running for Senate would bring our young people home more quickly I would do it in a minute, but I am not convinced that that would do so.

If I wanted to disrupt it, I would have waited until (President Bush) started talking. My shirt was a statement. I wasn't going to disrupt anything.

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 am not running against Senator Feinstein, but I will continue to be a thorn in her side.

I am not running against her, but I will continue to be a thorn in the side of Dianne Feinstein and any other politician who is not working for peace.

I believe Mrs. Clinton is a brilliant woman who has a lot on the ball, but to characterize her as one of the leading liberals in Congress is absolutely false. With her position as a senator she's become more 'let's see which way the wind blows, and what's going to get me re-elected or elected, or how am I going to benefit from this,' instead of truly voting from her integrity.

I don't want to live in a country that prohibits any person, whether he/she has paid the ultimate price for that country, from wearing, saying, writing, or telephoning any negative statements about the government.

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.

For the more than 1,800 who have come home this way in flag-draped coffins, each one ... was a son or a daughter, not cannon fodder to be used so recklessly, ... Each one is a valuable human life that is missed so desperately.

All I want is for President Bush to take one hour out of his vacation and meet with me before another mother's son dies in Iraq, ... You don't use our country's precious sons and daughters unless it's absolutely necessary to defend America. Mr. President, it is time to level with the American people.

A kind gentleman from down the road offered us the use of his property.

The election of Nov. 2 was not George Bush's accountability moment. This is George Bush's accountability moment, and I'm not leaving Crawford until we hold him accountable.

a good meeting with the president, the end of August, or I get arrested.

All those reports prove my son died needlessly.

All you have to do is look at New Orleans to see how vulnerable he's made our country.

All of those reports prove my son died needlessly. This proved that every reason George Bush gave us for going to war was wrong.