“I have been asked what I mean by ‘word of honor’. I will tell you: Place me behind prison walls- walls of stone ever so high, ever so far into the ground-there is a possibility that in some way or another I might be able to escape ; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No, never! I’d die first”.
-Karl G. Maeser
What this quote is saying that a word of honor, is your promise. You must never break it. You should choose death over breaking your word of honor. If always kept then you don’t have to worry. But breaking it, will have serious consequences. Like Karl G Maeser said. I’d die first. This is a very strong statement because it means he would easily choose death over breaking his word of honor. This also means that he is willing to never break his word of honor and keep it no matter what the situation. A good example of this is a fictional character known as batman. His word of honor consists of never killing anyone no matter how much the world would be better off if they were dead. In a certain comic, batman was tempted to kill the joker, and had to keep his word even after the joker killed absolutely everyone in a theme park, while batman was present. He then proceeds to kill batman’s assistant. This made batman do mad he completely trashed the joker but… He never killed him. He left him alive because it was his code of honor.
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