I believe that forgiving them is god's function, our job is to arrange the meeting.

What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That's a huge question, to my mind.

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.

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.

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.

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