It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

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

I can't say enough about the two Marine divisions. If I use words like 'brilliant,' it would really be an under description of the absolutely superb job that they did in breaching the so-called 'impenetrable barrier.' It was a classic- absolutely classic- military breaching of a very very tough minefield, barbed wire, fire trenches-type barrier.

I admire men of character and I judge character not by how men deal with their superiors, but mostly how they deal with their subordinates. And that, to me, is where you find out what the character of a man is.

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

You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.

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.