James A. Michener Quote

You don't fight to protect warships or old men. Like the book says, you fight to save your civilization. And so often it seems that civilization is composed mainly of the things women and children want.


Selected Writings (ed. 1978)


You don't fight to protect warships or old men. Like the book says, you fight to save your civilization. And so often it seems that civilization is...

You don't fight to protect warships or old men. Like the book says, you fight to save your civilization. And so often it seems that civilization is...

You don't fight to protect warships or old men. Like the book says, you fight to save your civilization. And so often it seems that civilization is...

You don't fight to protect warships or old men. Like the book says, you fight to save your civilization. And so often it seems that civilization is...