"History is a vast early warning system."

"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But the Marines don't have that problem."

"I've never been a great fan of long speeches. I think they're like a good meal: you enjoy the first few bites, but then you start to get full."

"You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jellybeans."

"I have only two regrets: that I was never a Marine, and that I never got to play for the Chicago Cubs."