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“Set the highest example. Remember, no one ever did anything absolutely right. Perfection is impossible, but striving for perfection is not. You have the power to do that.”
― The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228
― The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 228

“Women out in the village don't talk back to their husbands. It's just a law, when men say something, women should just listen. And you should never talk in a loud voice because a man outside might hear. I made that mistake, but I was lucky. In Tarinkot, a man beat his wife with an ax, and she survived, but her head was split open. Husbands who only use their hands or feet are very kind." -Heela (Gopal's female civilian Afghan respondent)”
― No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes
― No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes

“In a truly free society, individuals are granted responsibility for themselves. Freedom necessitates that we learn how to provide for ourselves, contributing value in whatever form, to generate personal income. We then decide how we wish to spend or save earned income; freedom is the reward for fulfilling personal responsibilities.”
― Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation
― Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation

“The truth as Joseph and his comrades discovered, was that the Islamic State's fighters were skilled butchers, but lousy soldiers. "They're only good at terrorizing people who aren't armed," he said. "They think they're good, but when we wake them up in the middle of the night, they would crap their pants.”
― Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
― Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS

“All the money anyone needs is just enough to prevent one from being a burden on others.”
― The Wright Brothers
― The Wright Brothers

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