“Rewards for good service should not be deferred a single day.”

“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”

“The Elders were closer to the Maker of All Things and should be deferred to whenever they made their will known.”

“A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, and service. You understand those words? You should do your job right, and you should do it well, simply because you can, without looking for notice or reward.”

“In all, the future secretary of defense and wartime vice president[, Dick Cheney,] would receive five deferments during the Vietnam War, protecting him from service during his draft-eligible years.”

“It was justice,” Stannis said. “A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward. You were a hero and a smuggler.”