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Men are expendable; women and children are not. a tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and still pick up the pieces and go on ... as long as the women and children are saved.
-Robert A. Heinlein
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Men Are Expendable; Women And Children Are

Robert A. Heinlein
Men are expendable; women and children are not. a tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and still pick up the pieces and go on ... as long as the women and children are saved.
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