My vocal cords lived their own life, wild and free.
Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy. But you can't buy fighting spirit.
Specialization is for insects... The race of man? He's a whole other creature.
Who is more real? Homer or Ulysses? Shakespeare or Hamlet? Burroughs or Tarzan?
Peace is an extension of war by political means. Plenty of elbow-room is pleasanter -- and much safer.
Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation.