Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.

Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard but I am fair.

There's a lot of whiners in every crowd.

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corp.

I was stationed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

I always love to come to Austin.

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.

What is your major malfunction?

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it....

To write your dreams of fantasy, is to create fantasy in another's dreams

Never underestimate the hidden power of one very determined person. There is nothing more powerful than determination and persistence.

My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance.

Take away our play stations and we are a third world nation.

Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.

You see, there is no more purpose or meaning in the world than you put into it.

Transgender discrimination is the civil rights issue of our time

Healthy attention is to improve what can be improved and to accept what we cannot improve.

43.7 per cent of all statistics are made up on the spot.