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Jack Campbell Quotes

You can’t win unless you try to win, but you can lose by trying not to lose.

You can’t win unless you try to win, but you can lose by trying not to lose.

Jack Campbell
Winning, Trying, Can't Win
Jack Campbell (2009). “The Lost Fleet: Relentless”, p.30, Penguin

Humans had spent thousands of years climbing out of caves and building technology so they could reach the moon and live in caves again.

Jack Campbell
Moon, Technology, Climbing
John G. Hemry, Jack Campbell (2000). “Stark's War”, p.73, Penguin

Security is not a license for people in authority to hide the tactics they would never openly admit to using.

Jack Campbell
People, Tactics, Authority
Jack Campbell (2012). “Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Invincible”, p.140, Penguin

I need to stop getting into situations where all my options are potentially bad.

Jack Campbell
Motivational, Needs, Situation
Jack Campbell (2006). “The Lost Fleet: Dauntless”, p.40, Penguin

There are things we don't do. From this moment forth, let us all ensure our every action reflects well on us and our ancestors. Let us live to the highest standards, lest we win this war only to find ourselves staring in the mirror at the face of our late enemy.

Jack Campbell
War, Winning, Mirrors
Jack Campbell (2006). “The Lost Fleet: Dauntless”, p.140, Penguin

Sagas wouldn't be interesting if terrible things didn't happen to the people in them.

Jack Campbell
People, Interesting, Terrible
Jack Campbell (2008). “The Lost Fleet: Valiant”, p.184, Penguin

Deplorable practices adopted during the last century were repeatedly declared necessary if regrettable in order to win the war. Oddly enough, we've yet to win. You'd think somebody would have asked before this why the regrettable but necessary measures haven't actually produced the promised results.

Jack Campbell
War, Winning, Thinking
Jack Campbell (2007). “The Lost Fleet: Courageous”, p.73, Penguin

He felt the comfort of being part of an eternal cycle symbolized by the gold strips on either side of the black mourning band he wore. Light, dark, light. The dark was just an interval.

Jack Campbell
Patience, Dark, Light
Jack Campbell (2009). “The Lost Fleet: Relentless”, p.144, Penguin

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