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“A war is never undertaken by the ideal state, except in defense of its honor or its safety.”

War States Honor Ideals Safety Defense

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“For most Northerners, Texas is the home of real men. The cowboys, the rednecks, the outspoken self-made right-wing millionaires strike us as either the best or worst examples of American manliness.... The ideal is not an illusion nor is it contemptible, no matter what damage it may have done. Many people who scorn it in conversation want to submit to it in bed. Those who believe machismo reeks of violence alone choose to forget it once stood for honor as well.”

“One of the regrets of my life is that I did not study Latin. I'm absolutely convinced, the more I understand these eighteenth-century people, that it was that grounding in Greek and Latin that gave them their sense of the classic virtues: the classic ideals of honor, virtue, the good society, and their historic examples of what they could try to live up to.”

People Trying Life Is Virtue Study Century Example Regret Honor Ideals Convinced Greek Classic Latin Historic Grounding

Author:David McCullough

“Show me the man you honor; I know by that symptom, better than by any other, what kind of man you yourself are. For you show me there what your ideal of manhood is; what kind of man you long inexpressibly to be.”

Knows Men Kind Long Shows He Man Honor Ideals Show Me Manhood Symptoms

Book:History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great

Source: History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great

“You can't win integrity and honor from games. You can only earn them from living a life dedicated to those ideals.”

Games Winning Honor Integrity Ideals Dedicated Can't Win

Book:Dragon's Oath

Source: Dragon's Oath

“Love is a Christian word, Anjin-san. Love is a Christian thought, a Christian ideal. We have no word for 'love' as I understand you to mean it. Duty, loyalty, honor, respect, desire, those words and thoughts are what we have, all that we need.”

Needs Mean Christian Desire Love Is Duty Honor Ideals Loyalty Shoguns

Book:SHOGUN

Source: SHOGUN

“...we must remain hopeful that for our children and our children's children, that we are not a warring nation, but we will embrace and practice true compassion and honor the ideals of peace and freedom, and we will not give up.”

Giving Children Nations Peace Compassion Practice Honor Giving Up Ideals Our Children Embrace Hopeful Not Giving Up

Author:Jessica Lange

“The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.”

Names Military Duty Honor Ideals

Book:Wit and Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson: Extracts from the Public Speeches of the Leader and Interpreter of American Democracy, with Masterpieces of Eloquence

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson: Extracts from the Public Speeches of the Leader and Interpreter of American Democracy, with Masterpieces of Eloquence

“He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.”

Ifs Dangerous Duty Honor Ideals Obligation Inconvenient Honor And Integrity

Book:A Preface to Morals

Source: A Preface to Morals