There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don't think you do. It's just business.

An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy.

Right now, Russia's future should be wedded to Europe. Why they see NATO as a threat is beyond me. Clearly, NATO is not a threat.

No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.

I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

I think, broadly speaking, the US military's role - US military activism in various parts of the Islamic world over the past several decades has been counterproductive.

We are going to have to continue to keep the pressure on the enemy. There is no room for complacency on this.