Every soldier, every cop who's faced with a decision to make, a life or death, does the best he or she can.

I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them.

There are too many people sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully and finding out how we can infiltrate them.

WikiLeaks presents a clear and present danger to the national security of the United States.

I so admire great writing done quickly, with great detail.

We are a nation at war - and we should act like it.

We have too many mosques in America.

The importance of command leadership. Clear objective and strategy and loyalty to those reporting to you.

The president should stop apologizing, stop being defensive. The reality is the NSA has saved thousands of lives not just in the United States but in France, Germany and throughout Europe.

There is an obligation both moral, but also legal, I believe, against a reporter disclosing something which would so severely compromise national security.

Ask Bill Clinton about Yasir Arafat. Clinton and Barak did everything they could in 2000 at Camp David. Arafat walked away from it.

Perhaps by now I'd come far enough that I had the guts to be afraid.

Al-Qur'an is not a book of Science, ‘S-C-I-E-N-C-E’ but a book of Signs ‘S-I-G-N-S

A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not e

Everything sacred begins with a circle of motion.

Your will to stay gives miracles a reason to show up!

I also really liked playing Mr. Tumnus in 'Narnia'. I got to play my favorite character in children's literature, which I loved. You don't get the chance to do that in other jobs.

I prioritize people. This grounds me and reminds me of my place in the world.

It always seems impossible until its done.

You need to agree with your boss about what you need to get done that week, what are the metrics of success. Sometimes you need more hours, sometimes you need fewer hours.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.