"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."

"Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people."

"It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door."

"Their plan is to return the entire world - not just the Middle East - to the days of the caliphate and either convert all of us so-called infidels into born-again Islamic believers or kill us."

"The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations."

"Peace, of course, is different from divorce; indeed, in essential respects, divorce is the opposite of peace."

"Just as everybody has the vote including women, I think children should, because as a child is conscious of itself then it has to me an existence and has a stake in what happens."

"I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another."