Before we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

When have you ever seen someone who had no doubts who was also correct about anything?

Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.

You want to make me the best soldier possible. Go down and look at the standings. Look at the all-time standings. So far you're doing an excellent job with me. Congratulations. Now when are you going to put me up against a good army?

I looked for perfection, and I found something better.

Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?