“Relax now. That’s the beauty of war. Utter subservience to one’s leaders absolves a soldier of the consequences of her actions.”
“Aesthetics have substantial political consequences. How one views oneself as beautiful or not beautiful or desirable or not desirable has deep consequences in terms of one’s feelings of self-worth and one’s capacity to be a political agent.”
“The futility of action does not absolve one from the failure to act. -”
“There was honor in facing the consequences of one’s actions.Wasn’t there?”
“The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country”
“You cannot be a military leader without physical courage. But there are Plenty of soldiers with physical courage who are not leaders”