GENERAL JAMES MATTIS:

This would be the worst time, I think, for military people to step out like that. But also, the Constitution, I think, is a very hearty document. I’ve got a love affair with the U.S. Constitution. I actually used to read it about once a year and always found something new in it. So I would —

CHUCK TODD:

I always carry one with me, right here —

GENERAL JAMES MATTIS:

And I admire that.

CHUCK TODD:

— all the time because you need it.

GENERAL JAMES MATTIS:

I had a pocket version, myself. I didn’t carry it all the time. But I carried it a lot of days.

CHUCK TODD:

I used to not carry it all the time. I need it more often, these days.

GENERAL JAMES MATTIS:

We all need it today.