Quote by Allen West
A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta

A person like myself, born and raised in the inner city of Atlanta, Georgia, to lower-middle-class parents. But I had the opportunity to get an education, to go and earn a commission in the United States Army, to serve for 22 years, to lead men and women in combat. – Allen West

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As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out. – Allen West

Category:
Freedom
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From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with barbecues, blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales. – Allen West

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memorialday
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One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality. – Allen West

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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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It is very nearly impossible… to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. – James Baldwin

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To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education. – John Dickey

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Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious. – Ambrose Bierce

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