Max Cleland

“There is no glory in war, but there is honor in the warrior.”

“You can't talk about disability in America without talking about the war in Iraq.”

“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.”

“To me, the ultimate indignity is to have my patriotism questioned.”

“I didn't lose three limbs in Vietnam to go to Washington and be a rubber stamp for anybody.”

“I had been a driven person, a driven politician, a driven public servant. I was driven by my own inner demons.”

“It’s important to be results-oriented.”

“The price of freedom is to allow freedom of speech.”

“What I learned in the military is that we are all in this together, and it's not about you, it's about the other guy.”

“The real lesson of Vietnam is that we should not have been there in the first place.”

“My commitment to the men and women in uniform is unwavering. It's a lifetime commitment.”