It's the sense of duty that keeps you going sometimes when things get very, very rough. Somebody's got to do it. And if you don't, who will?

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.

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

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

I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing.

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.

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