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I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

Jesus said, 'Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's,' and part of that was to go to war, protecting whatever nation was under control of the king. I wouldn't agree with any interpretation of Scripture that was used to say that a man or a woman shouldn't protect their families.

The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.

There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war.

He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.

It is a rule of international law that weapons and methods of warfare which do not discriminate between combatants and civilians should never be used.