No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

It got more patriotic. It became the right thing to do to wave the flag. It became a supportive issue of supporting the armed forces overseas because of the deteriorating position of the United States in the eyes of the rest of the world.

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Page 1 Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor will ever lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an American. Appears in 31 books from 1955-2007

Page 1 You know, by God, I actually pity those poor bastards we're going up against. By God I do. We're not just going to shoot the bastards, we're going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. Appears in 20 books from 1946-2008

Page 200 - In 1936 I made a picture named La Grande Illusion in which I tried to express all my deep feelings for the cause of peace. This film was very successful. Three years later the war broke out. That is the only answer I can find to your very interesting enquiry. Appears in 21 books from 1959-2008

Page 130 - The Marine Corps hymn was playing in the background as we sat glued to our seats, humming the hymn together and watching Sergeant Stryker, played by John Wayne, charge up the hill and get killed just before he reached the top. And then they showed the men raising the flag on Iwo Jima with the marines' hymn still playing, and Castiglia and I cried in our seats. Appears in 14 books from 1978-2005

Page 281 - I've got to be crazy. And I must be crazy to keep flying. But if I ask to be grounded, that means that I'm not crazy anymore and I've got to keep flying. Appears in 9 books from 1975-2007

Page 11 It came back the same way every time, dreaded and welcome, balls and bowels turning over together, your senses working like strobes, free-falling all the way down to the essences and then flying out again in a rush to focus, like the first strong twinge of tripping after an infusion of psilocybin, reaching in at the point of calm and springing all the joy and all the dread ever known, ever known by everyone who ever lived... Appears in 11 books from 1977-2005

Page 505 - I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves, and the enemy was in us. Appears in 40 books from 1988-2008

Page 62 for too long now, the silver screen has been flooded with picture after picture designed to rouse us to a state of war hysteria. Pictures glorifying war. Pictures telling about the grandeur and the heavenly justice of the British Empire. Pictures depicting the courage, the passion for democracy, the love of humanity, the tender solicitude for other people by the generals and trade agents and the proconsuls of Great Britain, while all the peoples who are opposed to her, including even courageous little... Appears in 8 books from 1940-2002

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