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

War is a profane thing.

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

A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that's not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn't mean we're not going to fight them.

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.

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.