The duties of an officer are the safety, honor, and welfare of your country first; the honor, welfare, and comfort of the men in your command second; and the officer s own ease, comfort, and safety last.
A real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood.
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
If you can’t get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?
I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget.
The United States and Israel have enjoyed a friendship built on mutual respect and commitment to democratic principles. Our continuing search for peace in the Middle East begins with a recognition that the ties uniting our two countries can never be broken.
I want the Iraqis to understand that we are with them and that they have to make tough decisions, and we’ll help them make those tough decisions for this country, for this democracy to survive. And they’ve made some tough decisions.
Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.
Our Founding Fathers understood that our country would survive and flourish if our Nation was committed to good character and an unyielding dedication to liberty and justice for all.
Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you’re dealt?
It’s really important for our troops to understand our country supports them.
You can imagine these radicals getting a hold of a country where they’re able to pull oil off the market to run the price of oil up to extract concession.
The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.
I think, to a certain extent the economy and these decisions I made to protect the country matter a lot.
So many people commute in this country by car long enough distances to really cut into their income, their real income, that they would change their vote based on gas prices.
Russia’s most precious resource is the brain power of this country. And you’ve got a lot of it. It’s gonna take a lot of brains in Russia to create a drain.
People should be allowed to express their opinion. But, Americans need to know I’ll be making up my mind based upon the latest intelligence and how best to protect our own country, plus our friends and allies.
I make decisions based on what I think is best for the country.
Combat forces of the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Poland, and other countries enforced the demands of the United Nations, ended the rule of Saddam Hussein – and the people of Iraq are free.