“But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.”

“Until the millennium arrives and countries cease trying to enslave others, it will be necessary to accept one's responsibilities and be willing to make sacrifices for one's country - as my comrades did. As the troops used to say, "If the country is good enough to live in, it's good enough to fight for." With privilege goes responsibility.”

“The one book necessary to be understood by a divine, is the Bible; any others are to be read, chiefly, in order to understand that.”

“It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.”

“I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.”

“One should never fight for a country. One should fight, if one has to, for what one believes to be right. A country is only as good as its leading citizens.”