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At age nine I began serving long stints in juvenile detention quarters. At age twelve I was sent to the Utah State Industrial School For Boys... at age eighteen I was released as an adult.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about age, olderness, school, state

I remember saying to the chairman after serving the first year, ''Why are we doing this? Why don't the Hawaiians have control? '' ''Well, we have no mechanism to do it, '' I was told.

Quote by Neil Abercrombie

John Kerry says we didn't have any allies in this war. What's he say to Tony Blair? What's he say to Alexander Kwasniewski of Poland? You can't expect to build an alliance when you denigrate the contributions of those who are serving.

Quote by George W. Bush about war

Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about nation, people

I'm for all of our young men and women who are serving in...

I'm for all of our young men and women who are serving in this conflict, it is not their fault they were sent there.

Quote by Larry Hagman about conflict, man

You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about politics, interest, problems

I have never met anyone who did not support our troops. Sometimes, however, we hear accusations that someone or some group does not support the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. But this is pure demagoguery, and it is intellectually...

Quote by Ron Paul about force, man

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of...

A merchant who approaches business with the idea of serving the public well has nothing to fear from the competition.

Quote by James Cash Penney about idea, competition, fear, affair, public, nothing

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