I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on … - Grace Hopper

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All athletes speak about the mental element of athletics, and it usually boils down to the same thing: if you can remove your ego from the game, you can function with much more clarity and you are more likely to succeed. Wouldn't it be interesting if we all began speaking about the mental element of our lives in this way?

Grace Hopper

I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept of women and children first. . . If you had a man and a woman trying to go through some dangerous woods, the man's instinct would be to protect the woman. Therefore you weaken the man.

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