"It's nice to feel that you have a purpose."
"War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means."
"The Obama administration has turned a blind eye to radical Islam since before they came to office. If you look at everything that's transpired since the famous Cairo speech in 2009, it's all been an embrace of those who are the most radical elements in that part of the world. That is not a good sign for America's foreign policy."
"President Lincoln chose to fight a bloody and unpopular war because he believed the enemy had to be defeated. He was right."
"There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline."
"Savage, despicable evil. That's what we were fighting in Iraq. That's why a lot of people, myself included, called the enemy 'savages.' There really was no other way to describe what we encountered there."
"The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country."
"I propose not our enemies as an example for our general imitation, yet, as their navy is the best regulated of any in the world, we must, in some degree, imitate them and aim at such farther improvement as may one day make ours vie with - and exceed - theirs."
"Everybody in the military has a reputation, and usually it doesn't come out to the public."
"I'm not much at saying patriotic things."
"There's not day that goes by that I don't remember why I'm in the situation I'm in."
"The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond."
"You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected."
"I said if you want me to go back to Afghanistan and work, I'm happy to do that. If you think accepting my resignation is best for the cause and for the nation, then I have no complaint with that."
"One aim of the Boy Scouts scheme is to revive amongst us, if possible, some of the rules of the knights of old."
"Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be."
"As regards personal relationships I cannot say that I had any particularly personal intercourse with anyone."
"You can't change the world alone - you will need some help - and to truly get from your starting point to your destination takes friends, colleagues, the good will of strangers and a strong coxswain to guide them."
"War's not black and white; it's gray. If you don't fight in the gray area, you're going to lose."
"We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace."
"The scenes on this field would have cured anybody of war."
"In 2011, General Alston, four-star commander in Iraq, recommended to the President, a force level of over 20,000. The President rejected it and pulled out all the forces with what is now known as a disastrous consequence in Syria."
"Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right."
"You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage."
"Partners from the Islamic world are of particular importance. Indeed, they have huge incentives to be involved, as the ongoing struggles are generally not clashes between civilizations. Rather, what we are seeing is more accurately a clash within a civilization: that of the Islamic world."
