From its earliest days, America has been an incubator of moral ambition.

When the next war comes—and it will (so history teaches us)—the burden of combat will not be carried by either strong women or weak men, although the sacrifice of the former will be warmly embraced by the best men.

Still, taking the good with the bad, chivalry, like Christianity, had a healthy effect upon Western man.

It was not enough for knights simply to love and fight well; they needed to sacrifice everything for the highest ideals, such as a Grail quest.

Words have meaning, and we should respect them.

Chivalry is first and foremost the worldview of fighting men.

a gentleman today—however we may characterize him—may find his environment less congenial to his temperament.

I often hear it said that violence is not inevitable, and, therefore, that a warrior attitude and training are unnecessary. I once thought so too, but I grew up, and now the pacifists and I are simply moral strangers.

Life is a martial art.