courage isn't simply a matter of leading charges: sometimes it consists in speaking up, sometimes in stoic silence, sometimes in forging ahead,… — Elizabeth Samet Copy Share Image
courage isn't simply a matter of leading charges: sometimes it consists in speaking up, sometimes in stoic silence, sometimes in forging ahead, sometimes in… — Elizabeth Samet Copy Share Image
“The notion that obedience dehumanizes those who render it is a popular cry of the philosophers of radical individualism, such as Thoreau, who are… — Elizabeth Samet Copy Share Image
Our national fondness for celebrating the physical heroism of soldiers - the apparent readiness with which they sacrifice their lives to larger causes -… — Elizabeth Samet Copy Share Image
The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself. — Elizabeth Samet Copy Share Image
“We surrendered rather easily to yet another romantic notion: that meaning is to be found only in misery” — Elizabeth Samet Copy Share Image
