Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation.

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

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

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

I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

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

True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that's what courage is.