It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military..

Let's not forget what the origin of the problem is. There is no place in modern Europe for ethnically pure states. That's a 19th century idea and we ….

Imagine a world in which we saw beyond the lines that divide us, and celebrated our differences, instead of hiding from them. Imagine a world in whic….

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….

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….

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….

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..

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

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 ….

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

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 ….

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 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….

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

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 ….

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

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

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..

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

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….

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….