In Short, Clevinger Was One

...[a]nything Worth Dying For ... Is Certainly Worth Living For.

Major Major Had Lied, And It Was Good. He Was Not Really Surprised That It Was Good, For He Had Observed That People Who Did Lie Were, On The Whole, More Resourceful And Ambitious And Successful Than People Who Did Not Lie.

They're Trying To Kill Me," Yossarian Told Him Calmly. No One's Trying To Kill You," Clevinger Cried. Then Why Are They Shooting At Me?" Yossarian Asked. They're Shooting At Everyone," Clevinger Answered. "they're Trying To Kill Everyone." And What Difference Does That Make?

What Is A Country? A Country Is A Piece Of Land Surrounded On All Sides By Boundaries, Usually Unnatural. Englishmen Are Dying For England, Americans Are Dying For America, Germans Are Dying For Germany, Russians Are Dying For Russia. There Are Now Fifty Or Sixty Countries Fighting In This War. Surely So Many Countries Can't All Be Worth Dying For.

Gold Was Not Sure Of Many Things, But He Was Definite About One: For Every Successful Person He Knew, He Could Name At Least Two Others Of Greater Ability, Better, And Higher Intelligence Who, By Comparison, Had Failed.