John O. Brennan Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer.”

“We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law.”

“I'm neither Republican nor Democrat. I've worked for the past five administrations.”

“President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.”

“As a matter of international law, the United States is in an armed conflict with al-Qa'ida, the Taliban, and associated forces, in response to the 9/11 attacks, and we may also use force consistent with our inherent right of national self-defense.”

“Al-Qa'ida seeks to portray America as an enemy of the world's Muslims. But President Obama has made it clear that the United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.”

“As we've seen, deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense. Countries typically don't want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns.”

“I do not - I never believed it's better to kill a terrorist than to detain him. We want to detain as many terrorists as possible so we can elicit the intelligence from them in the appropriate manner so that we can disrupt follow-on terrorist attacks.”

“I think the rule should be that if we're going to take actions overseas that result in the deaths of people, the United States should take responsibility for that.”

“If a person is a U.S. citizen, and he is on the battlefield in Afghanistan or Iraq trying to attack our troops, he will face the full brunt of the U.S. military response.”