What would they do to me, he asked in confidential tones, if I refused…

Joseph Heller
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What would they do to me, he asked in confidential tones, if I refused to fly them? We'd probably shoot you, ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen replied. We? Yossarian cried in surprise. What do you mean, we? Since when are you on their side? If you're going to be shot, whose side do you expect me to be on? ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen retorted.
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The question is: what is a sane man to do in an insane society?
I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings. ✨ Joseph Heller (1999). Catch-22: A Novel, p.415, Simon and Schuster
I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals. ✨ 1961 Milo Minderbinder. Catch-22, ch.24.
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. ✨ Joseph Heller (1999). Catch-22: A Novel, p.122, Simon and Schuster
Surely so many countries can't all be worth dying for. Anything worth living for, said Nately, is worth dying for. And anything worth dying for, answered the sacrilegious old man, is certainly worth … ▶

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