West Point to Mexico Quotes

“Personal honor is imposed from within. The honor code is imposed from without.”
― Bob Mayer, West Point to Mexico

“Lee had married the great-step-daughter of General Washington and had thus become part of this noble place.”
― Bob Mayer, West Point to Mexico

“Cadets would swear an oath—the very first law the First Congress enacted, an indication of its importance to the young country—to defend the Constitution, not any party or individual.”
― Bob Mayer, West Point to Mexico

“To keep the officer corps from becoming filled with sycophants who would support a particular party or person over the country, in 1802 he ordered the establishment of an Academy to train a professional cadre of officers that would draw its cadets from across the country and across the strata of society.”
― Bob Mayer, West Point to Mexico

“York City, the river narrows and makes a sharp bend to the west. The craggy highland on the left bank is called West Point and was first fortified to keep the American colonies united during the Revolutionary War.”
― Bob Mayer, West Point to Mexico