Humans had spent thousands of years climbing out of caves and building technology so they could reach the moon and live in caves again.

Sagas wouldn't be interesting if terrible things didn't happen to the people in them.

You can’t win unless you try to win, but you can lose by trying not to lose.

Deplorable practices adopted during the last century were repeatedly declared necessary if regrettable in order to win the war. Oddly enough, we've yet to win. You'd think somebody would have asked before this why the regrettable but necessary measures haven't actually produced the promised results.

There are things we don't do. From this moment forth, let us all ensure our every action reflects well on us and our ancestors. Let us live to the highest standards, lest we win this war only to find ourselves staring in the mirror at the face of our late enemy.

Humans had spent thousands of years climbing out of caves and building technology so they could reach the moon and live in caves again.

I need to stop getting into situations where all my options are potentially bad.