"There were a lot of people who were willing to write a letter for me. Not because I was academically inclined, but be…"

"I didn't realize it at the time, but it became apparent to me later, that I had just experienced the most incredible …"

"The Naval Academy is a very prestigious place, and I choose to try it. I got there and darn near didn't pass, just ab…"

"I remember a picture I saw in a paper not long before the wall came down. There was a man standing holding a very you…"

"I had a role in developing the doctrine From the Sea, which was later modified to Forward From the Sea. But the way w…"

"When we went to Bosnia the people in Bosnia welcomed us with open arms, and I would go down the street and people wou…"

"With Leighton Smith in charge, we've got a Navy admiral running a predominantly land campaign — the first ever in NAT…"

"Our meeting with Admiral Leighton Smith, on the other hand, did not go well. He had been in charge of the NATO air st…"

"Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal."

"this country might have been a pio neer land once. but. there ain't no mo indians blowing custer's mind with a differ…"