The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they're protecting us.

Most things in here don't react well to bullets.

An overnight success is ten years in the making.

Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.

I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are.

Well, It's a Communist country, and the Communists do not reward personal initiative...except by execution.

I haven't got any fan mail from Osama bin Laden. I have no reason to believe he reads my stuff I'll never decide for commercial reasons to put something in that endangers our national security. You just can't do that.