The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force.

Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.

When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.

I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.

Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young, the untravelled, the naive, the sophisticated deplore these formalities as 'empty,' 'meaningless,' or 'dishonest,' and scorn to use them. No matter how 'pure' their motives, they thereby throw sand into machinery that does not work too well at best.

Why don't they make more science fiction movies? The answer to any question starting, Why don't they- is almost always, Money.

We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection