Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.

With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

As a kid, all I thought about was death.

Both individual fulfillment and the ecological balance of life on this planet are best served by dying when our inherent biology decrees that we do.

Like in combat when you're in chaos, a Navy SEAL in chaos, you cannot be afraid of dying for a cause.

The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers come to terms with the death of comrades by certain rituals.