Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good.

Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq.

Ninety-nine percent of leadership failures are failures of character.

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

From the time I was twelve years old until I retired last year at the age of fifty-seven, the Army was my life. I loved commanding soldiers and being around people who had made a serious commitment to serve their country.

It is God's job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.

I get angry at a principle, not a person.