An awful lot has been written about my temper.

If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.

Good generalship is a realization that... you've got to try and figure out how to accomplish your mission with a minimum loss of human life.

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.

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

Success is sweet, but the secret is sweat.

You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it.