Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president..

There are only two kinds of plans. Plans that might work and plans that won't work... you have to take a plan that might work and make it work..

I think you have to repudiate torture and I think you have to end what's going on at Guantanamo and you have to live up to American values. Basically….

I think we should be very clear on this. You know, this country was founded on the principles of the Enlightenment... It was the idea that people cou….

You have to be true to what you believe in and do your duty..

The time has passed in America when this party can be the party of compassion and let the executive branch run foreign policy. It won't work. We have….

It doesn't take any more energy to create a big dream than it does to create a little one..

One night I walked out of the church when the priest said that we should never have fought the Revolutionary war and every war was bad. It was 4th of….

Well we always need brave, capable young men and women who can run a tactical operation and take risks on the battlefield but you should know when we….

War creates its own intensity of hatred... You don't want to use force except as an absolute last resort..

Well, it came from the White House, it came from people around the White House. It came from all over. I got a call on 9/11. I was on CNN, and I got ….

Europe and America must act together in the face of evil. It's high time for Americans and Europeans to restore that unity and be able to take action….

I think there's no question that, even though we may not have the evidence as Richard (Perle) says, that there have been such contacts (between Iraq ….

One of the principles that we operate on in this country is that leaders are held accountable. The simple truth is that we went into Iraq on the basi….

When you use force, people get hurt, and when you kill people, their relatives don't like it. And usually war has some unanticipated consequences so ….

I think there are some mass destruction capabilities that are still inside Iraq. I think there's some weapons that have been shipped over the border ….

We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran..

You have to take a plan that might work and make it work.

The more Marines I have around, the better I like it..

Serious research and development efforts are required to produce technologies, strategies, organizations, and trained personnel who can go into faile….

Nothing could be a more serious violation of public trust than to consciously make a war based on false claims..