Quotes on Combat

To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished.

Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat.

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was doing, from West Point to the Air Force combat, MIT, looking for new things to study and get involved in. And then I got into the space program, and how disciplined can you get?

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.

All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army plays a vital role. Don t ever let up. Don t ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain.