You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually, it’s a lot of fun to fight. You know, it’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up front with you — I like brawling.

We can kill lots of people. We do kill lots of people. We can destroy virtually anything we choose to destroy.

The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.

The American people and the American military will never get used to civilian casualties. And we will - we will fight against that every way we can possibly bring our intelligence and our tactics to bear. We're not the perfect guys, but we are the good guys.

I find it disturbing that no member of the Senate Armed Services Committee is willing to acknowledge that record of failure and to ask our next secretary of defense what he proposes to do to amend that sorry record.

You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

Congressman [Mike] Pompeo said he believes the intelligence agencies' claims that Russia hacked the US election.