"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

"I can't tell you how many times I've walked down a street and someone has said, 'Hey, general, how's the war going?' And I've had to say, 'I don't know, I'm just the President.'"

"The world is not a safe place. But it is a place where we can make it safer."

"The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without."

"The search for peace is a never-ending task."