Fish Are A Renewable Resource, And One Of The Problems We've Had Is People Feel Obliged To Catch The Limit, Then Throw 'Em In The Garbage Can.
War Is A Profane Thing.
If Saddam Were To Be Replaced Tomorrow He Would Probably Be Replaced With Someone Who's Just As Bad Or Worse Than He Is.
I've Got To Tell You What, The Soldier Doesn't Fight Very Hard For A Leader Who Is Going To Shoot Him, Okay, On His Own Whim. That's Not What Military Leadership Is All About.
When I Fish, I Stop Thinking About Anything Else. But Truth Be Told, If You Want To Declare Victories, I Can Tell You The Fish Have Won A Lot More Than I Have. It's Interesting That Something With A Brain The Size Of A Fish's Can Outsmart Us Humans, Who Think We Are El Supremo.
I'm Not A Politician. I'd Make A Lousy Politician.
I May Have Made My Reputation As A General In The Army And I'm Very Proud Of That. But I've Always Felt That I Was More Than One-dimensional.
I Like To Say I'm Not A Hero.
Going To War Without France Is Like Going Hunting Without An Accordion.
If It Had Been Our Intention To Take Iraq, If It Had Been Our Intention To Destroy The Country, If It Had Been Our Intention To Overrun The Country, We Could Have Done It Unopposed.
They Say The Good Lord Doesn't Charge You For The Days You Hunt And Fish, And I Believe That.
Hey, I'm Not A Politician. I'm A Ham. I Love To Give Speeches.
I'm Not Proud Of Killing, Of Being Responsible For The Death Of A Single Person. I Never Will Be.
I Am An Environmentalist, But I'm Not A Wacko Environmentalist. I Believe That Mankind And Nature Can Live Side-by-side For The Mutual Benefit Of Both.
Moving Into An Unoccupied Village When There's No Opposition, I Don't Call That A Military Victory.
I Hate War. Absolutely, I Hate War.
It Takes A Hero To Be One Of Those Men Who Goes Into Battle.
Good Generalship Is A Realization That... You've Got To Try And Figure Out How To Accomplish Your Mission With A Minimum Loss Of Human Life.
What Is Postwar Iraq Going To Look Like, With The Kurds And The Sunnis And The Shiites? That's A Huge Question, To My Mind.
But I Would Defy Anyone To Go Back Over The Years And Tell Me Anyone Whose Career I've Ruined, Anyone Whom I've Driven Out Of The Service, Anyone I've Fired From A Job.
Carpet Bombing Tends To Portray Something That's Totally Indiscriminate, You Know, En Masse Without Regard To The Target.
The Truth Of The Matter Is That You Always Know The Right Thing To Do. The Hard Part Is Doing It.
You Can't Help But... With 20/20 Hindsight, Go Back And Say, 'Look, Had We Done Something Different, We Probably Wouldn't Be Facing What We Are Facing Today.'
I Was Lucky Enough To Lead A Very Successful War.