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• Across the world academics still clung to the words and ideas of Marx and Engles and even Lenin. Fools. There were even those who said that Communism had been tried in the wrong country; that Russia had been too far backward to make those wonderful ideas work.
  • Tom Clancy, Rainbow Six (1998), p. 515

• The Soviet Union is dead and gone and replaced by the Russian Federation, which is a country we can be friends with now, thank God; and we want the Russians to prosper, and should help the Russians prosper in every way we can within reason... Fifteen years ago, there was this country called the Soviet Union that had over 10,000 nuclear warheads pointed at us... they're not there anymore. That's a good thing.
  • Tom Clancy, Larry King Live Weekend (27 August 2000).

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• Collaboration on a book is the ultimate unnatural act.

• Crazy people do crazy things.

• I hope people learn to appreciate our people in uniform. These aren't guys who just shoot 'em up. They plan. And they are extremely intelligent.

• I've been reading military history since I was a kid.

• If everyone in business prepared as carefully as professional soldiers, they'd be better off.

• Immense intelligence is needed from our commanders.

• It's a shame that Gen. Schwarzkopf didn't pay a little closer attention to what his field commanders were doing. But in his defense, he had political considerations to deal with.

• It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons.

• Soldiers are in the business of death-inflicting it, and, as little as possible, receiving it. They must be careful, but they also must take risks. And they reduce those risks by planning.

• Success will ruin your life.

• The military leaders on the line — the guys at the sharp end — are better than many civilian leaders. And their troops are better cared for and led than the average American worker.

• The threat is gone. Saddam Hussein may look like a bull but he's a steer. And there's a big difference between a bull and a steer — ask a cow.

• What do I know about sex? I'm a married man.

• When you deploy forces, you must have a good reason. The country must be behind those forces. And they must be trained, prepared and supported.

• People often tell me that Naval Academy graduates are the best officers, and that Villanova Navy graduates are a close second. I don't think so. I think Villanova grads are better. Academy grads have great educations. But Villanova grads have it all: character, leadership skills, social skills, the ability to interact with others, and a great education.

• After seeing army mock battle: "It was Disneyland with guns!"