Leon Panetta Quotes

Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world.
Leon Panetta

Rest, Iran, Isolating

Iran's continued drive to develop nuclear capabilities, including troubling enrichment activities and past work on weaponization documented by the IAEA, and its continued support to groups like Hezbollah, Hamas and other terrorist organizations make clear that the regime in Tehran is a very grave threat to all of us.
Leon Panetta

Work, Past, Support

My whole life has been dedicated to public service.
Leon Panetta

Life, Whole, Service

One demonstration of extremists, any more than a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in the United States, is not necessarily reflective of what the rest of the country feels.
Leon Panetta

Country, Rest, United

Rather than undermining the Palestinian Authority, it is in Israel's interests to strengthen it by... continuing to transfer Palestinian tax revenues and pursuing other avenues of cooperation.
Leon Panetta

Rather, Tax, Authority

Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner.
Leon Panetta

Political, Try, Put

Rising sea levels, severe draughts, the melting of the polar caps, the more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
Leon Panetta

Sea, Natural, Disaster

Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the U.S. military stands for.
Leon Panetta

Everything, Place, Military

The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security.
Leon Panetta

Change, Security, National

The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.
Leon Panetta

Community, United, Neither

The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.
Leon Panetta

Mistakes, Past, Last

The Taliban is resilient.
Leon Panetta

Resilient, Taliban

The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.
Leon Panetta

Time, Enemy, Win

The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances.
Leon Panetta

The United States was attacked on 9/11/12, and we know who attacked us.
Leon Panetta

United, Attacked

The United States will do whatever we have to do to protect our forces.
Leon Panetta

Whatever, United, Protect

The United States, and the president's made this clear, does not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon. That's a red line for us. And it's a red line obviously for the Israelis so we share a common goal here.
Leon Panetta

Made, Goal, Here

There's no question that the main location of Al Qaida is in tribal areas of Pakistan.
Leon Panetta

Question, Pakistan, Location

These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.
Leon Panetta

Become, Days, Picture

Throughout the 40 years I've been in Washington, I've always worked hard, particularly with regards to the budget issues.
Leon Panetta

Hard, Worked, Issues

Unfortunately these days, there is a hell of a lot that keeps me awake.
Leon Panetta

Hell, Days, Awake

We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or we don't. There is no middle ground.
Leon Panetta

Law, Individual, Either

Well look, CIA is an agency that has to collect intelligence, do operations. We have to take risks and it's important that we take risks and that we know that we have the support of the government and we have the support of the American people in what we're doing.
Leon Panetta

Government, Important, American

Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.
Leon Panetta

Power, United, Presence

Well, you know, any defense force worth its salt has to be able to deal with uncertainty, has to be able to deal with events that we may not have planned for.
Leon Panetta

May, Able, Worth

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: June 28, 1938

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