To a man, professional soldiers despised terrorists, and each would dream about getting them in an even-up-battle; the idea of the Field of Honor had never died for the real professionals. It was the place where the ultimate decision was made on the basis of courage and skill, on the basis of manhood itself, and it was this concept that marked the professional soldier as a romantic, a person who truly believed in the rules. Tom Clancy
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More Quotes By Tom Clancy
  1. The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

  2. I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.

  3. If you don't write it down, then it never happened

  4. Courage is being the only only one who knows how terrified you are.

  5. Danger confronted properly is not something a man must fear.

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