For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

All it takes is a single act of aggression to permanently wound a nation's reputation.

Survival is the foundation of endurance; complete triumph is the endgame.

He hung in there against some adverse conditions, in a loud place and hostile territory and all of those things. He hung in there and did a heck of a job.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.