This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
Stockdale was a great man...
I remember how furious I was when the press was making fun of him following his VP debate.
He was a better man and a better American than ANY of his critics could ever hope to be.
And his passing was truly a loss to this Nation, whereas any of the media... well, not so much.