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.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

I get angry at a principle, not a person.

I don't consider myself dovish and I certainly don't consider myself hawkish. Maybe I would describe myself as owlishthat is wise enough to understand that you want to do everything possible to avoid war.

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

If it had been our intention to take Iraq, if it had been our intention to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed.

How do you fight someone who doesn't care if they get killed? You accommodate them.