Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their sof... -Gilbert K. Chesterton

Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

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'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober...
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle....
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude....
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder....
The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land....
The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see....
Marriage is an adventure, like going to war....
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disgu...
Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes....
The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot...

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As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear - we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we w...
Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they ...
America's trying to do the best for its veterans....
Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country's birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even ...
Tragically, the effort to make America and the world safer and to defend freedom around the world is not without an enormous cost to this Nation in te...
Spending time with America's soldiers is always inspiring....
The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families o...
The precondition to freedom is security....
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle....
The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win....