Our people sacrifice a lot for their country, including their lives. None of them should have to sacrifice their integrity as well.

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.

Dreams are divine.Dreams are possibilities.

Only imagination and belief can differentiate from the rest certain objects, certain people, and can create an atmosphere.

You will boost your productivity with active exercise.

I look at the kids coming out of Yale. They are so intelligent with their careers. I wish I had that.

Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened.

The only woman I'd ever wanna marry just broke my heart.

'With God all things are possible' (Mk. 10:27). With God the thought itself is deed. He speaks and it is. Short and clear. And all the worlds stand by the Word of God.

No sober person dances.

In our eyes we should be up three to one but we're not

I don't even know if I exist offstage.