Each player on this team whether he shines in the spotlight or eats dirt on the line, must be an All-American.

The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy. ... Red China is not the powerful nation seeking to dominate the world.

The second best decision in time is infinitely better than the perfect decision too late.

Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.

With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.

We've learned how to destroy, but not to create; how to waste, but not to build; how to kill men, but not how to save them; how to die, but seldom how to live.

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.