Tom Lehrer Quote

The usual jokes about the Army aside, one of the many fine things one has to admit is the way that the Army has carried the American democratic ideal to its logical conclusion, in the sense that not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on the grounds of ability.


Introduction to "It Makes a Fellow Proud to be a Soldier". - An Evening (Wasted) With Tom Lehrer (1959)


The usual jokes about the Army aside, one of the many fine things one has to admit is the way that the Army has carried the American democratic ideal ...

The usual jokes about the Army aside, one of the many fine things one has to admit is the way that the Army has carried the American democratic ideal ...

The usual jokes about the Army aside, one of the many fine things one has to admit is the way that the Army has carried the American democratic ideal ...

The usual jokes about the Army aside, one of the many fine things one has to admit is the way that the Army has carried the American democratic ideal ...