Source: Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace
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Famous Leon Panetta Quotes
“My father said I was perfectly suited for Washington because I've always worked around nuts.”
“I think a quality that a national security adviser must have is the ability to set up procedures.”
“Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.”
“I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.”
“I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation.”
“I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.”
“I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.”
“I suddenly realized at the CIA that I had to make life-and-death decisions about people.”
“Red lines are kind of political arguments that are used to try to put people in a corner.”
“The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security.”
“Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.”