" Stockdale said his superiors ordered him to keep quiet about this.

In Courage under Fire: Testing Epictetus's Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior ( 1993 ), Stockdale credits Epictetus with helping him endure seven and a half years in a North Vietnamese military prison — including torture — and four years in solitary confinement.

On March 6, 1976, President Gerald Ford presented him and James Stockdale with the Medal of Honor.

Stockdale preferred the life of a fighter pilot over academia, but later credited Stoic philosophy with helping him cope as a prisoner of war.

When told by his captors that he was to be paraded in public, Stockdale slit his scalp with a razor to purposely disfigure himself so that his captors could not use him as propaganda.

When Stockdale was discovered with information that could implicate his friends ' " black activities ", he slit his wrists so they could not torture him into confession.

As his introduction to the large segment of American voters who had not previously heard of him, the debate was disastrous for Stockdale.

In July 2008, a statue of him was erected at Luce Hall at the U. S. Naval Academy ; the hall also houses the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership.

Sensing the start of another purge, and aware that his earlier efforts at self-disfiguration to dissuade his captors from exploiting him for propaganda purposes had resulted in cruel and agonizing punishment, Rear Adm. Stockdale resolved to make himself a symbol of resistance regardless of personal sacrifice.

Starting as a deacon and later taking priest's orders put Stockdale in a good position to extensively explore the world of literature through reading and writing, bringing him into touch with leading intellectuals and poets as well.

", whereas Gore and Stockdale talked more about the policies and philosophies they espoused.

James Stockdale, the choice of third-party candidate Ross Perot in 1992, was seen as incompetent by many, but the Perot-Stockdale ticket still won about 19 % of the vote.

Stockdale was one of about eleven prisoners known as the " Alcatraz Gang ": George Thomas Coker, George McKnight, Jeremiah Denton, Harry Jenkins, Sam Johnson, James Mulligan, Howard Rutledge, Robert Shumaker, Ronald Storz and Nels Tanner.

In a business book by James C. Collins called Good to Great, Collins writes about a conversation he had with Stockdale regarding his coping strategy during his period in the Vietnamese POW camp.

Stockdale also points out that Miliukov admitted to some reservations about his evidence in his memoirs, where he observed that his listeners resolutely answered treason " even in those aspects where I myself was not entirely sure.

( Griffith ) Will Stockdale is concerned about Irving Blanchard ( Hamilton ).

The Jenerators are a blues-rock band based in Los Angeles, CA featuring Tom Hebenstreit on vocals, electric guitars and keyboards ; Bill Mumy on vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, keyboards, and percussion ; Gary Stockdale on vocals and bass ; Miguel Ferrer on vocals, percussion and drums ; David Jolliffe on guitar, percussion and vocals and Chris Ross on drums and percussion.

The philosophy of Epictetus is well known in the American military through the writings and example of James Stockdale, an American fighter pilot who was shot down over North Vietnam, became a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, and later a vice presidential candidate.

In his conclusion, Stockdale quoted Epictetus as saying, " The emotions of grief, pity, and even affection are well-known disturbers of the soul.

The importance of Epictetus ' Stoicism for Stockdale, its role in A Man in Full, and its significance in Gladiator ( 2000 film ) is discussed by William O. Stephens < ref >

During the 1992 election, Bush and Quayle were challenged in their bid for reelection by the Democratic ticket of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore, as well as the independent ticket of Texas businessman Ross Perot and retired Admiral James Stockdale.

Quayle faced off against Gore and Stockdale in the Vice-Presidential Debate on October 13, 1992.

* John Stockdale Rhea ( 1855 – 1924 ), U. S. Congressman from Kentucky

* December 23 – James Stockdale, U. S. Navy admiral and vice presidential candidate ( d. 2005 )

* Ross Perot / James Stockdale ( I ) – 19, 743, 821 ( 18. 9 %) and 0 electoral votes

* St. Irvyne ; or, The Rosicrucian by Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1811, London, John Joseph Stockdale

But recent Institute of General Semantics executive director Steve Stockdale explains that GS compares to a discipline akin to yoga.

Squadron commander James Stockdale was one of the U. S. pilots flying overhead during the second alleged attack.

" Stockdale at one point recounts seeing pointing her guns at the Maddox.

Having assumed office, the need for such action was justified when Kennett and his new Treasurer Alan Stockdale discovered that the outgoing government had left them with $ 2. 2 billion budget deficit, a net public sector debt of $ 33 billion and budget sector debt of $ 16 billion.

The local primary schools include Grey Street Primary School ( formerly Traralgon Primary School ), Kosciuszko Street Primary School, Liddiard Road Primary School, Stockdale Road Primary School, St Michaels Primary School, St Gabriels Primary School, Flinders Christian Community College ( FCCC ) and St Pauls Anglican Grammar School.

His superiors had said that all marines were depraved.

At some point Pelagius is said to have rebelled, but for what reasons is unknown and such rebellions by local authorities against their superiors formed a common theme in Visigothic Spain.

The importance of filial piety can be expressed in this quote from " The Analects of Confucius ", " Yu Tzu said, ‘ It is rare for a man whose character is such that he is good as a son and obedient as a young man to have the inclination to transgress against his superiors ; it is unheard of for one who has no such inclination to be inclined to start a rebellion.

But Eunus must have been a man of considerable ability to have maintained his leadership position throughout the war and to have commanded the services of those said to have been his superiors.

Rall publicly dismissed such talk as nonsense, but privately in letters to his superiors, he said he was worried about an imminent attack.

There, it was said he impressed his superiors so much with his eagerness to learn, studiousness in mastery of ancient languages and types, and energy of effort, that he was allowed to place his own name on his first books, a Coptic Missal and a version of the Tibetan alphabet.

As an active military intelligence officer, the man said he had reported the sighting to his superiors, who told him to keep quiet unless Walton's coworkers were actually charged with a crime related to the disappearance.

In June 2001 he was nominated by the present government of Ghana to serve as the next Chairman of the FA, an opportunity he later gave up for a more experienced former coach of Ghana for which in his own words said that this was to be an opportunity to learn from his superiors.

Budenz said his party superiors had told him that Lattimore's " great value lay in the fact that he could bring the emphasis in support of Soviet policy in non-Soviet language.

Victims ' groups said the trial had been a whitewash designed to protect their superiors from blame.

Vidal Doble said two of his former superiors at the " Project Lighthouse " operation – Col. Paul Sumayo and Capt.

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