I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There's nothing wrong with fear.

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

With a chemical alarm, you're going to build one that is oversensitive because you would rather the alarm go off and give you a false alarm than to err on the other side

More than 200 ships from 13 nations conducted over 10,000 flawless intercepts, which formed a steel wall around the waters leading to Iraq. And these operations continue today. Thanks to these superb efferts not one cargo hold, not one crate, not even one pallet of seaborne contraband even touched Saddam Hussein's shores. The result: Iraq lost 90% of its imports, 100% of its exports, and had its gross national product cut in half.

First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.

Good generalship is a realization that... you've got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.