Maxim 20: If you’re not willing to shell your own position, you’re not willing to win. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Judging by the sounds of general panic, I want a gun like that.

The size of the promised paycheck is inversely proportional to the likelihood of surviving to collect it.

When the messenger arrives and says 'Don't shoot the messenger,' it's a good idea to be prepared to shoot the messenger, just in case.

As long as we only have to lie to the enemy, it's honest enough for me. -Captain Tagon

Some survived due to advancements in engineering. Personally I'd take a vaccine over living in an iron lung. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/what-america-looked-like-polio-children-paralyzed-in-iron-lungs/251098/

The spirit of the law is the least of the things we're prepared to violate.