I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima.

Anger is precious. A silverback uses anger to maintain order and warn his troops of danger. When my father beat his chest, it was to say, Beware, listen, I am in charge. I am angry to protect you, because that is what I was born to do. Here in my domain there is no one to protect.

It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative matter.

Any man who could not make up his mind in less than forty-eight hours was not fit to command troops in battle.

I strongly believe what we’re doing is the right thing. If I didn’t believe it — I’m going to repeat what I said before — I’d pull the troops out, nor if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops out.

I said that America’s role would be limited; that we would not put ground troops into Libya; that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation, and that we would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners.