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James Stockdale quotes: I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't.

I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't.

James Stockdale quotes: They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.

James Stockdale quotes: I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders.

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders.

James Stockdale quotes: It is in disaster, not success, that the heros and the bums really get sorted out.

It is in disaster, not success, that the heros and the bums really get sorted out.

James Stockdale quotes: A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.

A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.

James Stockdale quotes: I think character is permanent, and issues are transient.

I think character is permanent, and issues are transient.

James Stockdale quotes: The guy that just arranges things so that the stock market holds up is nobody in my - in my estimation.

The guy that just arranges things so that the stock market holds up is nobody in my - in my estimation.

James Stockdale quotes: Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I knew Ross was going to run.

Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I knew Ross was going to run.

James Stockdale quotes: So the first thing that went on was to decide ... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out.

So the first thing that went on was to decide ... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out.

James Stockdale quotes: The challenge of education is not to prepare a person for success, but to prepare him for failure.

The challenge of education is not to prepare a person for success, but to prepare him for failure.

James Stockdale quotes: The worst thing that can happen is death and that's not the worst thing in the world either.

The worst thing that can happen is death and that's not the worst thing in the world either.

James Stockdale quotes: In order to do something you must be something.

In order to do something you must be something.

James Stockdale quotes: Great leaders gain authority by giving it away.

Great leaders gain authority by giving it away.

James Stockdale quotes: Entitlement and privelege corrupt.

Entitlement and privelege corrupt.

James Stockdale quotes: There was nothing there but black water and American fire power.

There was nothing there but black water and American fire power.

James Stockdale quotes: Do the right thing even if it means dying like a dog when no one's there to see you do it.

Do the right thing even if it means dying like a dog when no one's there to see you do it.

James Stockdale quotes: And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties.

And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties.