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.

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

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 am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not take the form of huge land armies facing each other across extended battle lines, as they did in World War I and World War II or, for that matter, as they would have if NATO had faced the Warsaw Pact on the field of battle.

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

When placed in command, take charge.

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