Jack Campbell Quotes

• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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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