Ron Kovic famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I have come to believe there is nothing in the lives of human beings more terrifying than war and nothing more important than for those of us who have experienced it to share its awful truth.
-- Ron Kovic

#War #Believe #Important
We who have witnessed the obscenity of war and experienced its horror and terrible consequences have an obligation to rise above our pain and suffering and turn the tragedy of our lives into a triumph.
-- Ron Kovic

#Pain #War #Suffering
War is not the answer. Violence is not the solution. A more peaceful world is possible.
-- Ron Kovic

#War #Peaceful #Answers
I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave.
-- Ron Kovic

#Memorial Day #Home #Yankees
People say that if you don't love America, then get the hell out. Well, I love America.
-- Ron Kovic

#America #People #Hell
I served two tours of duty in Vietnam. I won the Bronze Star. I won the Purple Heart.
-- Ron Kovic

#Stars #Heart #Two

All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.
A broadsheet obituarist once pointed out to me that veteran soldiers die by rank. First to go are the generals, admirals and air marshals, then the brigadiers, then a bit of a gap and the colonels and wing commanders and passed-over majors, then a steady trickle of captains and lieutenants. As they get older and rarer, so the soldiers are mythologised and grow ever more heroic, until finally drummer boys and under-age privates are venerated and laurelled with honours like ancient field marshals. There is something touching about that.
To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who won the beachhead and then made the breakthrough. There are few such men in Paris.
I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
When something important is going on, silence is a lie.
Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn't saying just as carefully as for what he or she is.
Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.
I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
I think bad politics are incredibly dangerous, so it's important to make sure that people are communicating well. Culture and morale are super important. It's best to not force it, but let it happen organically and genuinely.
When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

Ron Kovic famous quotes

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