The average term length of a member of congress is approaching 15 years, and the average term length of a convicted criminal is less than three. We've got that backward.

History and war are cruel pedants. Those who know too little of the former are likely to have too much of the latter.

Bill Clinton is not my Commander in Chief.

As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

President Reagan didn't always know what he knew.

I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do.

I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.