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“Words have meaning, and we should respect them.”
“Chivalry combined military, religious, and social concepts into a unified way of life.”
“There is a worldwide longing for civility.”
“Chivalry is first and foremost the worldview of fighting men.”
“The compleat gentleman is not a perfect man.”
“To be properly educated, one must reject contemporary pedagogical enthusiasms.”
“A gentleman is contemplative in that he never ceases to refine his sense of reality.”
“From its earliest days, America has been an incubator of moral ambition.”
“Hollywood, especially, has tended to portray the warrior as a dysfunctional individual.”
“Coming close to death is a humbling experience.”
“We value education, but we do not understand its history.”
“I do not feel superior to nineteenth-century gentlemen or twelfth-century knights”