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God knows, we don't want prayer.
Writers are storytellers. So are readers.
Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief.
Bill Clinton is not my Commander in Chief.
I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.
I was authorized to do everything that I did.
President Reagan didn't always know what he knew.
I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.
Death is never easy when you know the people doing the dying.
I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
My mom told me a long time ago, 'Never get in a fight with a lady.'
An easy life is rarely meaningful and a meaningful life rarely easy.
I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
I'm like John Wayne. I only play good guys. Describing his cameo role on a TV series.
We lie by not telling you things...We don't lie by telling you things that aren't true.
And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen
And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen.
I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.
I think capital punishment's day is done in this country. I don't think it's fairly applied.
I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do.
We don't need a head of state who guts our defenses and draws phony red lines with a pink crayon.
I never considered myself a fall guy. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I'm not ashamed of it.
I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.
As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.
A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
History and war are cruel pedants. Those who know too little of the former are likely to have too much of the latter.
I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.
I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.
It's one thing to say don't commit atrocities on the battlefield. It's another thing to say don't get caught doing atrocities.
My wife said to me... you never understood what we were going through back home, did you? And I didn't. And I have to confess that.
I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.
When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.
If you could have imagined that someone is happy that Obama is president, it has to be Jimmy Carter because he is no longer the worst president in our history.
Nothing is going to change the fact that I believe Ronald Reagan is the greatest president in my lifetime - may well be the greatest president this nation ever had.
The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy.
The average term length of a member of congress is approaching 15 years, and the average term length of a convicted criminal is less than three. We've got that backward.
The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody
The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody.
There is no moral middle ground. Indifference is not an option. ... For the sake of our children, I implore each of you to be unyielding and inflexible in your opposition to drugs.
I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.
In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there was not a single American who did not know the name of somebody serving in uniform.
The United Nations passed so-called sanctions again on North Korea, and they've said they 'will exercise their preemptive right to a nuclear attack.' I don't think this ought to be taken kindly.
Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story
I would have promised those terrorists a trip to Disneyland if it would have gotten the hostages released. I thank God they were satisfied with the missiles and we didn't have to go to that extreme.
The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story.
In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.
Heroes aren't athletes who set new sports records, or Hollywood actors who make 'daring' films or politicians who make bold promises. Heroes are people who place themselves at risk for the benefit of others.