"As I looked at my two young sons, each with his gun, and considered how much the safety of the party depended on these little fellows, I felt grateful to you, dear husband, for having acquainted them in childhood with the use of firearms."
-- Elisabeth Robinson, in The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
From Big Jake John Wayne:
"Since you haven't learned to respect your elders, it's time you learn to respect your betters".
From Patton (not sure if it's the man or the movie):
PATTON: "We have the finest food, the finest equipment, the best spirit, and the best men in the world. Why, by ***, I actually pity those poor sons-of-bitches we're going up against. By ***, I do."
PATTON: "Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed."
PATTON: "The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home."
"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." -General George S. Patton, Jr.