Former United States National Security Advisor Inspirational Quotes (11)

[Commuting by bicycle is] an absolutely essential part of my day. It's mind-clearing, invigorating. I get to go out and pedal through the countryside in the early morning hours, and see life come back and rejuvenate every day as the sun is coming out.

It's OK to have fun in the Marine Corps. I like to say we are an imperfect people working in an institution that tries to be perfect. That is a noble thing, but you have to realize there is no perfect. We're human.

We know Saddam Hussein possesses chemical weapons - he has for nearly 20 years as we know only so well from his use of them against his own people and the Iranians. He has deadly stockpiles of biological weapons.

Imagine the consequences if Saddam fails to comply and we fail to act. Saddam will be emboldened, believing the international community has lost its will. He will rebuild his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. And some day, some way, I am certain, he will use that arsenal again, as he has ten times since 1983.

I believe Saddam Hussein's strategic objective was, and remains, to assert dominance over the Gulf region.

In international affairs, you never threaten things you're not prepared to do.

There's been a deliberate and systematic effort to convey to countries around the world, friends and foes, that if they cross the United States there's a price to pay.

We are United States Marines, and for two and a quarter centuries we have defined the standards of courage, esprit, and military prowess.

Ensure that no Marine who honorably wore the eagle, globe and anchor is lost to the Marine Corps family.

[Saddam] Hussein maintains an active and aggressive nuclear weapons program.

There's been a deliberate and systematic effort to convey to countries around the world, friends and foes, that if they cross the United States there's a price to pay.