I'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.

I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.

I believe that forgiving them is god's function, our job is to arrange the meeting.

Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.

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.

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

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.