| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 0a687ed | Civilians who volunteer generally wish to escape, not to share, privatizations worse than their own. | mercenaries self-sacrifice patriotism | Barbara W. Tuchman | |
| 5de6ab0 | That's how you tell a merc is dead; he just stops collecting paychecks. | mercenaries mercedes-lackey | Mercedes Lackey |