A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.

I know the difference between right and wrong, and I can tell good from bad. But I also know that the more difficult decisions come when we have to choose between good and better. The toughest calls of all are those we have to make between bad and worse.

I would have promised those terrorists a trip to Disneyland if it would have gotten the hostages released. I thank God they were satisfied with the missiles and we didn't have to go to that extreme.

Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.

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.

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

I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.