You can overcome wrong technology. Your people have the initiative, they see the problem, no big deal ... you can't overcome bad culture. You've gott….

When you're in operations, the best thing you can do at the top level is get the strategy right. You have to get the big ideas right, you have to det….

Since 9/11 we've been engaged in wars around the world, and General [James] Mattis has been a leading battlefield commander in many of those theaters….

Actually, it's a lot of fun to fight. You know, it's a hell of a hoot..

I think as we look at this problem of ISIS, it's more than just an army. It's also a fight about ideas. And we have got to dry up their recruiting. W….

I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word..

I'm from the American West. We have forest fires out there. And some of the worst forest fires in our history, the most damage were caused when we pu….

Right now, Russia's future should be wedded to Europe. Why they see NATO as a threat is beyond me. Clearly, NATO is not a threat..

Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet..

An untrained or uneducated Marine ... deployed to the combat zone is a bigger threat to mission accomplishment ... than the enemy..

There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It's really great..

We can kill lots of people. We do kill lots of people. We can destroy virtually anything we choose to destroy..

Our world is becoming darker. The dangers are increasing from North Korea, whose recent provocation underscored the need to impose a higher price on ….

Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit..

There is no corporation in the world that would, in a competitive environment, try and concentrate all decisions at the corporate level..

No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote..

2017 is going to be another tough year for the valiant Afghan Security Forces and the international troops who have stood and will continue to stand ….

A country that armed Stalin to defeat Hitler can certainly work alongside enemies of al-Qaida to defeat al-Qaida..

We do everything humanly possible, consistent with military necessity, taking many chances to avoid civilian casualties, at all costs..

The United States has been essentially engaged in an ongoing war that most people date from 2001. That war has taken us to Afghanistan, to Iraq, in a….

ISIS is a threat to all civilized nations. America's intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to North Africa, ….