Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operations is hardly an impressive figure.

Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms.

You cannot expect soldiers to change people's minds. That has to be done in other ways.

We told them this morning and I think they (reacted) like you would expect. It was a surprise and the reality of this is very sobering for everybody. I don't take this lightly at all not at all.

Look, we're living in a crazy time right now. There's a lot of craziness going on in the world and in the United States in particular.

The system is broken, and we can fix it. It's not hard. We just have to do the work.

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

The Russians are a very sentimental people.

Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?

Missing your lunch is not exactly the end of the world.

Our life experiences only teaches us but not break us.

Success is often a series of small accomplishments that lead to great results.

If you can’t forgive and move on, then your feelings will grow and fester and they will eat you alive.

The Presidency is not a bed of roses.

Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, others, knew how to lead. They knew how to ask the American people for the right things.

There was nothing abnormal about it when homosexuality was the norm.

Drugs bring us to to the gates of paradise, then keep us from entering.

Aspire to be, and all that we are not God will give us credit for trying.

Ultimately, it's not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people's expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your life, you are just who you are.

I can express no kinder sign of love, than this kind kiss.