Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted.

There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who ever volunteered for military service.

If I had found out anything, it was that they could print it faster than I could study it.

The ethics of sex is a thorny problem. Each of us is forced to grope for a solution he can live with - in the face of preposterous, unworkable, and evil code of so-called 'Morals.' Most of us know the code is wrong, almost everybody breaks it. But we pay Danegeld by feeling guilty and giving lip service. Willy-nilly, the code rides us, dead and stinking, an albatross around the neck.

Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage.

Straining at gnats and swallowing camels is a required course in law schools.

The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is the foundation of civil freedom. That's a personal evaluation, of course.