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they are guardians of the State. they enjoy positions of the greatest trust. they have betrayed that trust by lying, and in doing so, they have endangered the State.

the penalty for treason is death. how many young boys will die for their officers’ failings? an army without discipline is a worthless mob. it is fitting that if privates must suffer for their failings, then their colonels must suffer too. theirs is the greater responsibility. theirs is the greater reward.

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~ alekseyev #TomClancy RedStormRising #quote #bookworm

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