The U.S. military is not war weary. Our military draws strength from confronting our enemies when clear policy objectives are set and we are fully resourced for the fight.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity.

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.

Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

Here in America, we don’t let our differences tear us apart. Not here. Because we know that our greatness comes from when we appreciate each other’s strengths, when we learn from each other, when we lean on each other, because in this country, it’s never been each person for themselves. No, we’re all in this together. We always have been.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: ‚We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.‘

Eight years ago, you may remember Hillary and I were rivals for the Democratic nomination. We battled for a year and a half. Let me tell you, it was tough, because Hillary was tough. I was worn out. She was doing everything I was doing, but just like Ginger Rogers, it was backwards in heels.

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate… we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for his peaceful goals.

I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society… shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.

We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

When you go to war as a boy, you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed, not you… Then, when you are badly wounded the first time, you lose that illusion, and you know it can happen to you.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

I am a tough guy.

No matter what cause one defends, it will suffer permanent disgrace if one resorts to blind attacks on crowds of innocent people.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That’s what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

I’m so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up.

War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

We’ve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it’s time to turn the page.

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

The myth of unlimited production brings war in its train as inevitably as clouds announce a storm.

Right now, when we’re hearing so much disturbing and hateful rhetoric, it is so important to remember that our diversity has been – and will always be – our greatest source of strength and pride here in the United States.

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

If you keep on writing for three years, every day, you should be strong. Of course, you have to be strong mentally, also. But in the first place, you have to be strong physically. That is a very important thing. Physically and mentally you have to be strong.

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.