About This Book

- ⚔️ **Controlled Violence**: War is defined as controlled violence aimed at achieving specific governmental objectives, rather than mere killing for its own sake. - 🛡️ **Value of Liberty**: Liberty is not free; it requires sacrifice and must be regularly defended, often at the cost of bloodshed by patriots. - 🤝 **Citizenship and Duty**: True citizenship involves a commitment to the greater good, prioritizing the welfare of the community over personal interests. - 💔 **Marriage Perspectives**: Marriage is portrayed as a challenging endeavor for young men but can provide comfort for older individuals. - 📚 **Knowledge and Responsibility**: Understanding and responsibility are crucial; citizens must be accountable for their actions and recognize the importance of their duties to maintain a functioning society.

Top Highlights

• Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.”
• One can lead a child to knowledge but one cannot make him think.”
• go read ‘Horatius at the Bridge’ or ‘The Death of the Bon Homme Richard’;
• War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government’s decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him . . . but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing . . . but controlled and purposeful violence.
• The noblest fate that a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and the war’s desolation.