Quotes about "War & Peace"

I like writing about teenagers because it's a time of great change and conflict. Up to then, you accept what your parents tell you. ”

Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you. ”

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception. ”

Events such as the 1991 Tailhook debacle have been seized upon and used by feminists to attack the military culture and bring about major concessions. ”

Our embedded reporters during the war agreed to guidelines established by the military. ”

This inevitability of conflict motivates us today and echoes the reminder that freedom is not given away and our national security is not achieved without sacrifice. ”

We know that in tough times, cynicism is just another way to give up, and in the military, we consider cynicism or giving up simply as forms of cowardice. ”

There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role. ”

There are a lot of self-imposed restrictions by people who somehow believe they have to fall in with a certain military cant. There was always a sense that we had to put things into words that would touch our troops' hearts, not just their heads. ”

I don't think the U.S. military is conservative. It's pragmatic. ”