Cindy Sheehan

“One of the things that pushed me over the edge was that people on the Left were calling me names. How many kicks in the teeth do you have to endure.”

“Everything I say comes from my heart - and it's the truth.”

“People demonize me; people idolize me; everything I say and do has been scrutinized.”

“I'm not a military strategist.”

“Every day is a new sense of tearing my heart out of my body again when I see other children who have been killed, and I know what their families are going through.”

“I raised four kids in six years.”

“58% of the American public are with us. We're preaching to the choir, but the choir's not singing, if all of the 58% started singing, this war would end.”

“'Peace Mom' is my most heartfelt, but I am most proud of 'Myth America' because I nailed the problem and gave the solutions long before the Occupy Movement. I think it's a great organic class analysis.”

“I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.”

“My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny.”

“My children were the center of my life.”

“Many people in San Francisco know me, and they know my persistence.”

“I'm just a regular mother who's trying to save lives and be the best human being I can be.”

“I think some of the people on the Left... were extremely jealous of me getting what they thought was all of the attention.”

“My son joined the army to protect America, not Israel.”

“I can't speak for the other people whose children have died, but I can speak for my family and the other members of Gold Star Families for Peace. We believe we're honoring our children by working for peace.”

“I was told my son was killed in the war on terror. He was killed by George Bush's war of terror on the world.”

“It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have no authority over you. These maniacs have no authority over us. And they might be able to put our bodies in prison, but they can't put our spirits in prison.”

“I'm just so honored that the universe chose me to be the spark that has set off a raging inferno.”

“Isn't it nice of the IRS to tell the media where to ambush me before they tell me that the U.S. Attorney is suing me?”