They were saying you would be a tremendous addition to the military, and we can get you into West Point with a full scholarship. And I simply said, I….

You may be very mad at some guy that walked away with a huge golden parachute, but that really isn't the important thing. I mean, if Pearl Harbor cam….

Byrnes... was concerned about Russia's postwar behavior. Russian troops had moved into Hungary and Rumania, and Byrnes thought it would be very diffi….

I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproduc….

There is no lack of bravery in the ranks of our armed forces, but bureaucratic cowardice rules in our intelligence establishment (as well as at the h….

Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are ….

It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate political activity to ….

I am deeply skeptical of re-entering into Iraq's civil war..

It seems to me that the Iraqis laid down a lot of the arms that we gave to them. So that doesn't seem to be the solution..

Would you respect a God you could comprehend? And yet very often that’s what we want - a God who reflects our culture, our biases, our economic, poli….

Because national borders are eroding, because of the growth of non-state actors. It's a different kind of a world. We are tied down by a tiny little ….

We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm we're proud to work with the military….

Being respectful of extraordinary work that has happened in the last thirty-five years is not the same thing as it reflecting my values. I'm not sorr….

These UFOs are interplanetary devices systematically observing the earth, either manned or under remote control, or both..

The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal; w….

We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S. purposes. We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses. We are asking only t….

With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important country. It is a mil….

Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to clos….

We must, therefore, be confident that the general measures we have adopted will produce the results we expect. most important in this connection is t….

Every time the Secretary of Defense tries to get a hand on his many intelligence programs, we hear warnings about the dire consequences to liberty. W….

The military mind tends to be conservative, realistic and historical. The civilian mind tends to be liberal, idealistic and Utopian. Journalists, obv….