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I wanted to serve. It was Desert Storm. I thought, 'I was a rich kid, and America's been good to me.'

— Max Brooks

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

— Alanis Morissette

I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.

— Bob Feller

The Army was my bread and butter.

— Brian Lumley

For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival.

— Mo Yan

I've served my country.

— Prince Harry

I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me.

— Zachary Taylor

Needless to say, it was the greatest of privileges to serve with the selfless men and women - Iraqi and American and those of our coalition partners, civilian as well as military - who did the hard, dangerous work of the surge. There seldom was an easy period; each day was tough.

— David Petraeus

It was a great childhood. We weren't especially wealthy or anything, but I felt I had a kind of safety and freedom.

— Sarah Waters

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve.

— Al Franken

I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents' house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I'd like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald's.

— Adam Driver