The NAACP believes the Tea Party is racist. The Tea Party believes the NAACP is racist. Jim Webb Read Quote
I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership. Jim Webb Read Quote
Some of my Democratic friends don’t like it when I say that, but Ronald Reagan was once a Democrat and still a leader. He brought strong people around him, and he had a vision for where he wanted to take the country. Jim Webb Read Quote
It’s hard for me to think about this, but I first went to Southeast Asia as a Marine more than 40 years ago, as a young Marine. I was on Okinawa and then in Vietnam. I’ve returned in many different hats, which I think has helped me to form my own views about policy out there. I’ve spent a good bit of time in this region as a journalist. Jim Webb Read Quote
Your first six months in the Senate, you spend a lot of time wondering how the hell you got here. After that, you look around at your colleagues and wonder how the hell any of them got here. Jim Webb Read Quote
From the time I left the Marine Corps after serving as an infantry platoon and company commander in Vietnam, I decided that I would focus on immediate goals that inspired me to devote all of my energy to them, rather than putting together the more cautious and traditional building blocks of a predictable career. Jim Webb Read Quote
I have decided to launch an Exploratory Committee to examine whether I should run for President in 2016. Jim Webb Read Quote
It’s a very tough thing to run for office, but it’s also the way the American people get to know you. Jim Webb Read Quote
