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Jeff Shaara QUOTES

81 " Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was not in favor of war and was under no illusion that Japan had the ability and the resources to outlast the US or Britain. "

― Jeff Shaara , To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

82 " You may have increased the enthusiasm among our country's elite for finding other means of replacing what you've taken away.
-Kichisaburo Nomura, Japanese Ambassador to the United States "

― Jeff Shaara , To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

83 " Go home, Sean. Go plant some flowers and mow your grass. And maybe hatch a couple more kids."
"You sound like Colleen. That's what she wants."
"It's what we all want. Some of us just don't know it yet. "

― Jeff Shaara , The Frozen Hours

84 " GENERAL GRANT: "There is only one way to make war, Colonel. You have to HURT somebody. Maybe you have to hurt EVERYBODY. Make them feel it, understand what it is we are doing out here. If this was worth fighting in the first place, then it is worth winning. We cannot win unless we fight. If we fight, men will die. If more of THEM die, then we will win. It has nothing to do with cities, or government, or what is barbaric and what is civilized. We are HERE, and the enemy ois over there, and we must give the newspapers the horrifying truth, then the people will know. If Mr. Lincoln does not want me to win this war, then he can make that decision. But there is no other way to see it. If these men do not fight and bleed and die, if we do not make the rebels quit by destroying their will to fight, by destroying their army, then the only other choice is to walk away. "

― Jeff Shaara

85 " The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out and meet it. THUCYDIDES "

― Jeff Shaara , The Rising Tide (World War II: 1939-1945, #1)

86 " An old man learns that time is short. If I do not speak my mind while I am able … well, death provides ample time for silence. It "

― Jeff Shaara , The Glorious Cause

87 " Sometimes I have to explain to those jarheads what ‘marine’ stands for: Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Essential. Just "

― Jeff Shaara , To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

88 " Rommel was convinced that the mind of the British commander was his enemy’s greatest weakness. "

― Jeff Shaara , The Rising Tide (World War II: 1939-1945, #1)

89 " Hickenlooper’s guns had range on him. "

― Jeff Shaara , A Chain of Thunder (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #2)

90 " so the first inclination of the uncertain is to accept that which seems easy. "

― Jeff Shaara , Two Novels of the Revolutionary War: Rise to Rebellion and The Glorious Cause

91 " He thought of his father’s word, careful. A careful flyer is a defensive flyer, and a defensive flyer will shoot down no one. No, Father, you do not kill your enemy by being careful. "

― Jeff Shaara , To the Last Man: A Novel of the First World War

92 " Saw groups of men, some huddled in intense conversation, others waving big cigars, broad-chested men with loud voices, proclaiming their opinions with the mindless flourish of those who share no responsibility for the consequences of their grand ideas. "

― Jeff Shaara , Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1)

93 " of us, by this new type of system, a system where our conflicts and differences would be resolved by civilized means. There is no other system like this, anywhere. And if this war is lost . . . if the rebellion is successful, it is possible there may never be another. "

― Jeff Shaara , Gods and Generals (The Civil War Trilogy, #1)

94 " Secrecy and deception in war is often how one wins that war. And it is my preference that we win this fight. "

― Jeff Shaara , To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

95 " How were we taken so by surprise? Everything we have gone through at the State Department, for most of the past year has pointed unmistakably to Japanese aggression, to their deceitfulness, duplicity, and backdoor actions. We knew exactly what they were doing in Southeast Asia in the Netherlands East Indies in China. We had access to their diplomatic communications we have outstanding people in our intelligence offices, both army and navy. How could this have happened?
-Former US Secretary of State, Cordell Hull "

― Jeff Shaara , To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

96 " the gift from Vergennes, staring "

― Jeff Shaara , Two Novels of the Revolutionary War: Rise to Rebellion and The Glorious Cause

97 " The Japanese have changed their radio codes, the call signals for their ships...They change their codes every six months, like clockwork. These codes were changed after four weeks...Logically, it means they're preparing for a large-scale operation. "

― Jeff Shaara , To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

98 " Tis only those who have never heard a shot, never heard the shriek and groans of the wounded or lacerated…that cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more desolation. "

― Jeff Shaara , The Fateful Lightning (Civil War: 1861-1865, Western Theater, #4)

99 " Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Expected. "

― Jeff Shaara , To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

100 " Washington had little use for that kind of humor, had learned in the war with the French that the men with the quickest wit around the campfire rarely made a solid impression in a fight. "

― Jeff Shaara , Two Novels of the Revolutionary War: Rise to Rebellion and The Glorious Cause