I've spent my entire adult life with the United States as a superpower and one that had no compunction about spending what it took to sustain that position. And it didn't have to look over its shoulder because our economy was so strong.

I'm a big advocate of drones.

No president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on.

We should never lose sight of the ethos that has made the Marine Corps - where 'every Marine is a rifleman' - one of America's cherished institutions and one of the world's most feared and respected fighting forces

Even when I was at CIA, I'd go to visit foreign leaders and I'd say, 'You know, I'm not a diplomat. I'm just an old CIA guy'... I said, 'If I wanted to be diplomatic, I'd have been a diplomat.'

Things have gotten so nasty in Washington.

One of my favorite little sayings is, 'To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.