In every war at some point in time, you do sit down and negotiate.

I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information.

Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where there's a will, there's a way.

I am convinced that America's great sea of goodwill can be, in fact, a rising tide, a tide that could lift every veteran and every family of our wounded and fallen.

Let us all be men and women in full. Let us expect from ourselves more than we think we can give, more than we think we can do and more than we think we already know.

The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber.

The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.

We can't kill our way to victory, and no armed force anywhere - no matter how good - can deliver these keys alone. It requires teamwork and cooperation.

Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for what's right or the moral fiber to step aside when circumstances dictate.

The truth is, we live in deeds, not days; in actions and thoughts and feelings, not heartbeats.

I worry a little bit about - quote - "regime change." We haven't had a great deal of success with that in years. That's just really difficult.

If you have a dream, keep it. But write it down and take appropriate actions to see it manifest.

There is a time for work, and a time for love. That leaves no other time.

To have the spirit of youth and the wisdom from age. Is to have used the eternal fountain of life within our very souls. Not for an instant but for a lifetime. Amen.

I can no longer trust in this loveIt has fallen like the saints aboveAll because of your sweet liesYou sang them like a lullaby"Phoenix

We don't mature momentarily, but over the long-term.

The more we all help each other, the more we all benefit. So go out there. Help others.

Those full of fear were the most dangerous of people.

By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance.

If you don't want my God here, you don't want me here either. God has been too good to me to go and try to sell out to get some money...