Leon Panetta Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

Leon Panetta quotes and sayings page 5 (86 year old public servant). Here's quote # 41 through 50 out of the 55 we have for him.

“I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.”

“If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.”

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

“Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world.”

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

“The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances.”

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

“You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.”

“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.”

“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.'”