“freedom is what your born with in America, joining the military is how you pay back uncle sam for giving you that freedom”

“I hope you don’t mind, but I took the liberty of taking away your freedoms. –Uncle Sam
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“No goal is impossible. Some things simply take more effort, more time, and more improvising that others.”

“In fact, I don’t understand religion at all and as far as I can see the only thing it does is hasten the slaughter of people who generally seem to be minding their own business.”

“Do good with what you have, fight hard for what you don't.”

“I will be on the look out for you, my dear girl," he wrote. "You must expect to give yourself up when you come." For this buttoned-up age, for Burnham, it was a letter that could have steamed itself open.”

“Things will happen that you can’t prevent, things will fall apart that you can’t hold together, but ultimately you’re shaping yourself and that final product speaks volumes about who you really are, not what people see you as or what you want to be.”