If you can't eat it, can't sleep under it, can't wear it or make something from it, it's not worth anything.

The military taught me the importance of getting something done in a timely manner and the importance of completing a mission on time. My lieutenant would say, 'If you don't, you die.' In many ways, life is the same. If you don't pay attention to a timeline, you lose out on the ability to accomplish the task at hand.

Remember, the Arctic didn't have any ice. And the Northwest Passage was wide open. They were raising grapes in Scotland for God sakes, had a huge winery. Iceland was a farming community. As some of the glaciers retreated they found villages that were covered with ice.

There's nothing pretty about ice. Ice grows nothing. But we've got this in our minds that we've got to make everything cold.

If you can't eat it, can't sleep under it, can't wear it or make something from it, it's not worth anything.

I never had the chance to decide; I was drafted to serve my nation. While I received a deferment to attend school, I ultimately served in the United States Army in the years following the Korean conflict.

I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.