Leon Panetta Quotes & Sayings
55 most famous Leon Panetta quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's an 86 year old American public servant born on Jun 28, 1938.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The last thing I want to do is to make the mistakes of the past.”
“You know, as director of the CIA, I got an awful lot of intelligence about all the horrible things that could go on across the world.”
“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.”
“I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.”
“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.”
“Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.”
“The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security.”
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