For those who planned and were leaders and were beaten And for those, humble and stupid, who had no plan But were denounced, but were angry, but told a joke, But could not explain, but were sent away to the camp, But had their bodies shipped back in the sealed coffins, "Died of pneumonia." "Died trying to escape."

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.

They were not demons, they were just men who had too much power and not enough sense.

Soldiers, Your Highness. Men trained not to think for themselves.

3403. Men seek less to be instructed than applauded.

Look, these were none of them supermen. In fact, they were either weaklings who’d been assigned civilian-type jobs, or warriors as ignorant and superstitious as brutal. Aside from what specialized training fitted them for Wallis’s purposes, he’d never tried to get them properly educated. If nothing else, that might have led to questioning of his righteousness and infallibility.