Take care of your people" is one of the principle lessons of military leadership. If we take care of our people on deployment, why should that change when we come home?

Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe that for each of us, there is a place on the frontlines.

Alone, human beings can feel hunger. Alone, we can feel cold. Alone, we can feel pain. To feel poor, however, is something we do only in comparison to others.

If people can live through genocide and retain compassion, if they can take strength in pain, if they are able, still, to laugh, then certainly we can learn something from them.

Warriors are warriors not because of their strengh, but because of their ability strengh to good purpose

The world needs many more humanitarians than it needs warriors, but there can be none of the former without enough of the latter.

I thought buying at the local market would be an excellent way to build positive relationships with the local villagers.

Whatever my limited knowledge, I tried to make up for it with energy.

I'm evangelical on the subject of some chefs and writers.

We're not at war with all Muslims, we're at war with a subset of Islam that believes in killing in the name of religion, as jihadis do.

Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.

There is no better soporific and sedative than skepticism.

Who are the militia, if they be not the people, of this country...? I ask who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers.

You have to stay one level above everyone else.

I like going on location for films.

People who don't vote have no call on political leaders!

The happiest people are those who have learned to mix play with their work and to bind the two together with enthusiasm.

She looked at me as if for a moment she would seek someone who would understand the dreadful predicament of a woman, in this world ruled by men.