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"I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do."
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"Stop confusing poor decision-making with destiny. Take accountability. Wanting, praying, hoping, and wishing for change isn't enough. Desire doesn't changes lives; BEHAVIOR does."

"I am accountable for every lie that I tell, but I am also accountable for the effects of every harsh truth I deliver."

"It's none of your concern what others say or think about you. Your happiness is your own responsibility."

"Waiting is often a decision not to accept responsibility and is one of the reasons why some people never reach their potential."

"What you inherit from your fathermust first be earned before it's yours."

"Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry. Don't let me catch you doing it! Now -- look close at me so you will remember. Whatever you do, it will be you who do."

"We have the right and the responsibility to be intolerant of those things which should not be tolerated."

"A circumstance is not easy to come by and when it does, there are causes behind it. Therefore I do those things which bring an end to all the causes."

"If one takes responsibility for the mistakes, he is the true person, isn't it? Do not insist. Instead of insisting, instead of blaming others, take the responsibility of the mistakes on your head!"

"All this has been created from self-fault and self-imagination!"
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"I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do."

"In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children."

"I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one."

"And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II."

"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version."

"I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century."

"Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story."
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