Whether or not you could actually increase the size of the force is something that will have to be determined.

I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided.

We came back right over the World Trade Center, and could see, even from that altitude the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible.

Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September, and even before then it was quite busy.

They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know.

The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.

I jumped out of perfectly good airplanes and it's a great thrill, and it allows me to share in the dangers that the great men - our great men and women in uniform share in on a regular basis.

I believe that this is a different war than America has ever fought in the past. It is a nonconventional war. It means that you've got to use every tool you've got available to you...

I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.

My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.

I, first of all, felt a great sense of loss, a sense of condolence for the friends that I had that were killed in that, for the loved ones.

There is nothing more to be said or to be done tonight, so hand me over my violin and let us try to forget for half an hour the miserable weather and the still more miserable ways of our fellowmen.

And in another point of view, I think it is right that the address of a president should be on his own subject, and that different subjects should be thus brought in turn before the meetings.

The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

Mastery is revealed in limitation.

I do believe, with all my heart and mind and spirit, that I, not as President but as a humble servant of God, will receive justice without mercy if I fail to show mercy.

The revolution of equality between men and women has began, there is no going back

You know, honestly, acting in film is remarkably independent. You're doing your thing and someone else is doing their thing.

Perpetual optimism is annoying. It is a sign that you are not paying attention.

He reached for my hand, lifted it to his lips, and kissed my fingertips. "I love you.

I believe the children are our future