# Quote — Harry Turtledove, Settling Accounts: Drive to the East

> “We are going to drive the enemy out of Pennsylvania,” the lieutenant said grandly.
>
> “What? All by ourselves?” Pound said.
>
> Don Griffiths wagged a finger in his face. “I’ve heard about you, Sergeant—don’t think I haven’t,” he said. “You haven’t got the right attitude.”
>
> “Probably not, sir,” Pound agreed politely. “I do object to being killed for no good reason.”

- Author: [Harry Turtledove](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove.md)
- Book: [Settling Accounts: Drive to the East](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-drive-to-the-east.md)
- Page: 369
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_Turtledove#Settling_Accounts:_Drive_to_the_East_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-drive-to-the-east/we-are-going

## More from this book

> Life was what you got, not what you expected.

p. 502 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-drive-to-the-east/life-was-what.md)

> In a poker game, you were either a shark or you were bait.

p. 15 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-drive-to-the-east/in-a-poker.md)

> You couldn’t find an answer if you didn’t know you should be asking the question.

p. 274 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/harry-turtledove/settling-accounts-drive-to-the-east/you-couldnt-find.md)