104 Quotes by Dan Groat

Governments have absolutely no interest in self-reliance. It defeats one of the purposes for their existence. They encourage and thrive on dependency. The more of it they sell, the more necessary they are, and the more power and money they need.

Giants bleed like everybody else.

I don’t have to save them all, just a few, or one, and then that one has to go out and save another one until this half-dead world begins to climb out of the grave it’s standing in waiting for someone to throw dirt on it.

Some people get what they want because they grab the power and swing it, and some people don’t.

Gifford Ulrich didn’t know the distance from despair to hope, but he knew hope didn’t sleep in alleys.

Back home. What wonderful words. What a wonderful place.

The true soldier knows nothing but war, and the true soldier, for lack of an enemy, attacks himself.

Saying it ain’t fair, over and over again while you stand in front of a wrecking ball is kinda senseless, I think.

I am not wise enough to know if there is ever purpose in tragedy, if there is ever virtue in resisting it. If it cannot be overcome, then grief has beaten you, and you are right to say so.