Facing a situation head on was the only way to deal with anything. I learned the lesson early.

People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society can be ruled only by fear, a truth that tyrants understand all too well

what I want you to be - I don't mean physically but morally: you are very well physically - is a firm fellow, a fine firm fellow, with a will of your own, with resolution. with determination. with strength of character that is not to be influenced except on good reason by anybody, or by anything. That's what I want you to be. That's what your father, & your mother might both have been

But the woman who stood knitting looked up steadily, and looked the Marquis in the face.

Ah, that 'if.' But it's of no use to despond. I can but do that, when I have tried everything and failed, and even then it won't serve me much.

Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop, but don't tell me.

You'll find us rough, sir, but you'll find us ready.

Let people know what you stand for and what you won't stand for.

I don't believe in any Greatest Generation. I believe in great events. They sweep ordinary people up, expose them to extremes of human behavior and unimaginable tests of integrity and courage, and then deposit them back on the home front.

Only when women rebel against patriarchal standards does female muscle become more accepted.

The demise of our community and culture is the fault of sissified men who have been overly influenced by women.

A leaf has no power to resist when the wind blows, but when life's storms rage, you do.