I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.

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

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

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.

A very great man once said you should love your enemies and that's not a bad piece of advice. We can love them but, by God, that doesn't mean we're not going to fight them.

Fear will keep you alive in a war. Fear will keep you alive in business. There's nothing wrong with fear.

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.