Leon Panetta Quotes

After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts.
Leon Panetta

War, Deep, After

Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.
Leon Panetta

Time, Forward, Knowing

It doesn't make a lot of sense for us to borrow money from the Chinese to go give to another country for humanitarian aid. We ought to get the Chinese to take care of the people.
Leon Panetta

Money, Care, Give

Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.
Leon Panetta

Politics, Good, Attitude

Al Qaeda still remains a threat.
Leon Panetta

Remains, Threat, Al

An aggressor nation or extremist group could gain control of critical switches and derail passenger trains, or trains loaded with lethal chemicals.
Leon Panetta

Control, Nation, Group

China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.
Leon Panetta

Power, Free, Whole

Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head.
Leon Panetta

Government, Able, Head

Frankly, my fundamental beliefs have not changed.
Leon Panetta

Changed, Beliefs, Frankly

I don't engage in hypotheticals.
Leon Panetta

I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.
Leon Panetta

I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation.
Leon Panetta

America, Question, Result

I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.
Leon Panetta

Game, Thinking, Dangerous

I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.
Leon Panetta

Young, Moment, Sometimes

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.
Leon Panetta

Mean, View, Taliban

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened. We have not seen them able to conduct any kind of organized attack to regain any territory that they've lost. We've seen levels of violence going down.
Leon Panetta

Lost, Mean, Down

I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.
Leon Panetta

Decisions, Realized, Suddenly

I think soon after I became director of the CIA - President Obama pulled me into the Oval Office and said: 'Look, I just want you to know that your top priority is to go after Osama bin Laden.'
Leon Panetta

After, Said, President

I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.
Leon Panetta

Power, Military, United

I think what both Republicans and Democrats need to do and the leaders on both sides is to recognize that if sequester takes place, it would be disastrous for our national defense and very frankly for a lot of very important domestic programs. They have a responsibility to come together, find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester.
Leon Panetta

Money, Important, Together

I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.
Leon Panetta

Doubt, Give, Benefit

I'm not big on commissions.
Leon Panetta

If the Iraqis fail to implement the reforms, if they fail to get a handle on the violence, there's nothing the United States can do, militarily or otherwise, that can solve those problems. They have to assume the primary responsibility to govern themselves.
Leon Panetta

Nothing, Problems, Violence

If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.
Leon Panetta

In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region.
Leon Panetta

Security, Prosperity, Century

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: June 28, 1938

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