Paul Watson Quotes

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause.

I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts in the hour of danger.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.

It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.

Even now, we make no apologies for the choice we made. The sacrifices we made were selfless. The options we offered were patriotic while the paths we chose were well thought out.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance at being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

I'm simply saying that heroes are people whose activities, whose attitudes, and whose judgment you just think, 'Wow. That's good. That's right. That's real.'

I take being a hero really seriously.

Perhaps the right to authenticity and the reverence of authenticity should be reserved for people like John McCain. John McCain who at his most authentic chose to stay and face years of torture rather than leave before his brothers.

Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.

You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.