You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as soon as possible.
I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.
It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'
Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.
Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations.
Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.
What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society.
It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured.
Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah.
It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military.
We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.
Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.
Engineering didn't take to me. And what saved me and kept me in college was I ran into ROTC cadets who were in a fraternity called The Persian Rifles. And I found my place. I found discipline. I found structure. I found people that were like me and I liked.
It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred.
What we have to find is the right level of regulation of our financial system so that it has the incentive to invest in things, but at the same time, it is sufficiently regulated so it can't get in the kind of trouble that we have seen in the past and we have seen recently.
Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.
