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Honor is a man's reputation for strength, courage and mastery within the context of an honor group comprised primarily of other men.

— Jack Donovan The Way of Men (2012)

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All governments - left, right or other - are by their very nature coercive. They have to be. A rule not ultimately backed by the threat of violence is merely a suggestion.

A Sky Without Eagles (2014)

While its true that masculinity must be forced and fostered, this is also true of any human potentiality.

A More Complete Beast (2018)

If every man lays down his arms and refuses to pick them up, the first man to pick up can do whatever he wants.

A Sky Without Eagles (2014)

Flamboyant dishonor is not a failure of strength or courage. Men who are flamboyant dishonorable are flagrant in their disregard for the esteem of their male peers.

The Way of Men (2012)

Masculinity is about being a man within a group of men. Above all things, masculinity is about what men want from each other.

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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.

William Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1599)

All doubt is cowardice — all trust is brave.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Courage is never born with a person; time and circumstances inject it into a person and bring it forth from within.

Sanu Sharma

Christianity offers reasons for not fearing death or the universe, and in so doing it fails to teach adequately the virtue of courage.

Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

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