The lieutenant quotes Flashcards
1
Q
“He had made that choice,
A
because he was a lieutenant in his Majesty’s Force.”
2
Q
“There it was, in the very words.
A
Force was his job. If he was a soldier, he was as much a part of that cruelty as the man who had wielded the whip.”
3
Q
“She had shown him
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the existence of the man he could be.”
4
Q
“A man was obliged to become part of the mighty imperial machine.
A
To refuse was to become inhuman in another way: either a bag of meat or a walking dead man.”
5
Q
“It was easy to raise his right hand
A
and swear and obey. It was nothing but words.”
