With a chemical alarm, you're going to build one that is oversensitive because you would rather the alarm go off and give you a false alarm than to err on the other side

A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

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

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'm not a politician. I'd make a lousy politician.

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

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