How would you answer their demand for justice and vengeance? "I would begin by insisting that justice and vengeance are different. Vengeance is often… - Charles E. Gannon

The reality, both now and historically, was that whatever the future held, change was always uneven in distribution and irregular in timing.

But then again, discipline and its trappings—ranks, protocols, traditions—did not define the difference between a soldier and a civilian. The difference was in outlook. Brilliant civilian researcher Hirano Mizuki stared into the shadowy reaches of alien underbrush and saw no reason for caution. Caine, on the other hand, saw an unguarded perimeter in unexplored terrain that might conceal unknown threats.

And here are the wages you must pay in order to climb the political ladder, you foolish sod. You’ve got to do the dirty work that others have ordered. I’ve done it out of dubious patriotism. Let’s see if you’ll do it out of blind ambition.