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" Engineering didn't take to me. And what saved me and kept me in college was I ran into ROTC cadets who were in a fraternity called The Persian Rifles. And I found my place. I found discipline. I found structure. I found people that were like me and I liked. "

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" The idea that putting Americans 'first' requires a withdrawal from the world is simply wrongheaded because a retreat would achieve exactly the opposite for our citizens. "

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" Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that is what the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. do: prevent the wars that we can avoid so that we fight only the ones we must. "

" My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise. "

" You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery. "

" So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. "

" I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. "

" The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world. "

" There's not going to be a World War III, because there is no one to have World War III with. "

" If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. "

" You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it. "

" There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. "

" There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening. "

" I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision. "

" It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation. "

" We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. "

" It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?' "

" You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting for a political philosophy. "

" If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed. "

" Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. "

" Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah. "

" When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility. "

" Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. "

" Trump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos. "

" The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. "

" Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign. "

" You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as soon as possible. "

" High-quality early-childhood programs and health coverage have expanded, and the number of mentoring relationships for at-risk youth has risen dramatically. That progress is encouraging, but it's not evenly distributed. "

" A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. "

" Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission. "

" No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. "