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.

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 not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.

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

All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service.

I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied.

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