Quotation by

Phyllis Schlafly

In a world of inhumanity, war and terrorism, American citizenship is a very precious possession.

War

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Phyllis Schlafly is saying that because the world is filled with cruelty, violence, and threats, being an American citizen is something valuable and rare. She implies that American citizenship offers protection or benefits that are especially important in such a dangerous global environment.

More by this author

All quotes by Phyllis Schlafly →

More quotes about War

See all →

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hill…

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.