The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'

Standing in support of children is something we should all be able to get behind, regardless of party affiliation.

The country would be a lot better off if we stopped having comments section. And if we got rid of Twitter.

Drones are just another weapon, and they turn out to be a very effective weapon that put on American troops at risk, and I don't see why we shouldn't use them against identified enemy targets.

Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America.

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that is what the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. do: prevent the wars that we can avoid so that we fight only the ones we must.

There's not going to be a World War III, because there is no one to have World War III with.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed.

Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah.

Indeed, we're strongest when the face of America isn't only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.

You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.

You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as soon as possible.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dull or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego go with it.

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, event in their own backyard.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.